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The artist usually sets out -- or used to -- to point a moral and adorn a tale. the tale, however, points the other way, as a rule. two blankly opposing morals, the artist's and the tale's. never trust the artist. trust the tale. the proper functions of a critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.

-D. H. Lawrence

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The Artist Usually Sets Out -- Or

D. H. Lawrence

The artist usually sets out -- or used to -- to point a moral and adorn a tale. the tale, however, points the other way, as a rule. two blankly opposing morals, the artist's and the tale's. never trust the artist. trust the tale. the proper functions of a critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.

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