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Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer Quotes: Art consists in going the full length. If you start with the drums you have to end with dynamite, or TNT.
         

Art consists in going the full length. If you start with the drums you have to end with dynamite, or TNT.


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Art consists in going the full length. If you start with the drums you have to end with dynamite, or TNT.
         



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