Ayn Rand quote: Art is inextricably tied to man's survival - not to his physical survival, but to that on which his physical ...

Art is inextricably tied to man's survival - not to his physical survival, but to that on which his physical survival depends: to the preservation and survival of his consciousness.

~ Ayn Rand ~

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