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Although I do not care for the slogan "art for art's sake", there can be no question that what makes a work of fiction safe from larvae and rust is not its social importance but its art, only its art.

Vladimir Nabokov
Art, Fiction, Rust
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1973). “Strong opinions”, McGraw-Hill Companies
Although I do not care for the slogan art for art's sake, there can be no question that what makes a work of fiction safe from larvae and rust is not its social importance but its art, only its art.