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An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.
An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.
Approximate author period: c. 1926 AD · modern
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- Langston Hughes
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- Approximate author period: c. 1926 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Langston Hughes: documented activity in 1926. Wikidata Q188093, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188093 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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