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" Different members of different cultures will think that some things are beautiful. "

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" If it gets to the Supreme Court, I'll have the directors of every museum in the country as expert testimony that my work is legitimate art. "

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" A virulent, aggressive minority has decided that Americans don't know themselves what it is they should see, and need to be protected by people who are wiser than they are, even if they are only a tiny sliver of the population. "