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What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life.

What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life.

Approximate author period: c. 1955 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Michel Foucault
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1955 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1926 to 1984; Wikidata Q44272, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44272 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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