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If an artist is driven primarily by social responsibility, I think the art probably suffers because, again, just as leadership has a rather defined end point or purpose, social responsibility would seem to have a very clear moral context.
If an artist is driven primarily by social responsibility, I think the art probably suffers because, again, just as leadership has a rather defined end point or purpose, social responsibility would seem to have a very clear moral context.
Approximate author period: c. 1941 AD · modern
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- Billy Collins
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- Approximate author period: c. 1941 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Billy Collins: documented birth year 1941; activity date not established. Wikidata Q863057, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q863057 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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