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The ideas an artist believes are radically their own are illusions: whatever they thought was original had already been said, and said better.

Drawn from what Nick Cave said, then moved away from

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  1. Nick Cave

    Australian songwriter and writer

    Recalls holdingBack then I thought I was remaking the world, tearing down the old and erecting something new in its place.

    Their words nowIt took me many years to learn that my so-called original ideas were illusions born of naivety, pride, and self-importance.

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    ↗How have your beliefs evolved? What did you once hold true in your beliefs that you don't hold now?theredhandfiles.com

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