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— Vladimir Nabokov"The commentator may be excused for repeating what he has stressed in his own books and lectures, namely that "offensive" is frequently but a synonym for "unusual;" and a great work of art is of course always original, and thus by its very nature should come more or less as a shocking surprise."
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The effective in art is what rapes the emotions of your audience without nourishing its values.
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