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Most people just want to be part of the world, they want to live, love, and enjoy themselves - to take part in the world around them. Whereas artists are always retreating, locking the door, and inventing other worlds.

Paul Auster
Artist, Doors, Other Worlds
Interview with Nathalie Cochoy and Sophie Vallas, transatlantica.revues.org. March 2014.
Most people just want to be part of the world, they want to live, love, and enjoy themselves - to take part in the world around them. Whereas artists are always retreating, locking the door, and inventing other worlds.