The condition every art requires is, not so much freedom from restriction, as freedom from adulteration and from the intrusion of foreign matter.


"Four Letters: Escapism" (1936) - Willa Cather on Writing (1949)


The condition every art requires is, not so much freedom from restriction, as freedom from adulteration and from the intrusion of foreign matter.

The condition every art requires is, not so much freedom from restriction, as freedom from adulteration and from the intrusion of foreign matter.

The condition every art requires is, not so much freedom from restriction, as freedom from adulteration and from the intrusion of foreign matter.

The condition every art requires is, not so much freedom from restriction, as freedom from adulteration and from the intrusion of foreign matter.