Madeleine L'Engle quote: For an artist is not a consumer, as our commercials urge us to be. An artist is a nourisher and ...

For an artist is not a consumer, as our commercials urge us to be. An artist is a nourisher and a creator who knows that during the act of creation there is collaboration. We do not create alone.

~ Madeleine L'Engle ~

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