Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

Thomas Merton

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Topic

Purpose of art Art

Author

Thomas Merton

Source

No Man Is an Island

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Monk Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Merton, Thomas. No Man Is an Island. Clonmore & Reynolds/Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955.

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