"The Precarious Vogue of Ingmar Bergman" in Esquire (April 1960)James Baldwin: The Precarious Vogue of Ingmar Bergman, Esquire Vol. 53, Iss. 4 (1960), S. 128-132.; republished as "The Northern Protestant", also in The Price of the Ticket (1985)
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All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story, to vomit the anguish up.
— James Baldwin
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story, to vomit the anguish up." in the context of ""The Precarious Vogue of Ingmar Bergman" in Esquire (April 1960)James Baldwin: The Precarious Vogue of Ingmar Bergman, Esquire Vol. 53, Iss. 4 (1960), S. 128-132.; republished as "The Northern Protestant", also in The Price of the Ticket (1985)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "James Baldwin" (Quotes, Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son (1961))
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About James Baldwin
James Arthur Baldwin (2 August 1924 – 1 December 1987) was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, and social critic.
About James Baldwin
James Arthur Baldwin (2 August 1924 – 1 December 1987) was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, and social critic.
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