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To interest is the first duty of art; no other excellences will ever begin to compensate for failure in this.

C. S. Lewis
Art, Excellence, Firsts
C. S. Lewis (2013). “Selected Literary Essays”, p.103, Cambridge University Press
To interest is the first duty of art; no other excellences will ever begin to compensate for failure in this.