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)

“That is an artist as I would have an artist be, modest in his needs: he really wants only two things, his bread and his art—panem et Circen.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)