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

John Updike

Quoted in Paris Review

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Topic

Artists Nature of art Art Creation

Speaker

John Updike

Source

Paris Review

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Updike, John. "John Updike, The Art of Fiction No. 43." Interviewed by Charles Thomas Samuels. The Paris Review, Issue 45, Winter 1968.

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Language
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Time
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Citation

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Source
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Time
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