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In the arts, you simply cannot secure your bread and your freedom of action too. You cannot be a hostile critic of society and expect society to feed you regularly.

Katherine Anne Porter
Art, Bread, Action
Katherine Anne Porter (2008). “Katherine Anne Porter: Collected Stories & Other Writings”, p.840, Library of America
In the arts, you simply cannot secure your bread and your freedom of action too. You cannot be a hostile critic of society and expect society to feed you regularly.