John Updike Quote

The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and…he does it without destroying something else.


George Plimpton (ed.) Writers at Work (4th series, 1977) ch. 16


The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and…he does it without destroying something else.

The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and…he does it without destroying something else.

The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and…he does it without destroying something else.

The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and…he does it without destroying something else.