The artist brings something into the world that didn't exis… - John Updike

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The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and that he does it without destroying something else. A kind of refutation of the conservation of matter. That still seems to me its central magic, its core of joy.

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John Hoyer Updike (18 March 1932 – 27 January 2009) was an American novelist, poet, critic and short-story writer.

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The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he does it without destroying something else.

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