Carolina QuotesArtist should be left alone to paint or not to paint, write or not to write.
Archie Randolph Ammons Carolinian
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- Paris Review interview (1996)
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- 1996
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“Artist should be left alone to paint or not to paint, write …” Archie Randolph Ammons. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-8F11C374D4. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/8f11c374d4
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