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Nadine Gordimer Quotes: Art defies defeat by its very existence, representing the celebration of life, in spite of all attempts to degrade and destroy it.
         

Art defies defeat by its very existence, representing the celebration of life, in spite of all attempts to degrade and destroy it.


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