Escape Artist

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“Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.”
—Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)

“No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)