Allen Tate - There is probably nothing wrong w...

There is probably nothing wrong with art for art's sake if we take the phrase seriously, and not take it to mean the kind of poetry written in England forty years ago.

Allen Tate

American Poet

Born: Nov 19, 1899

Died: Feb 9, 1979

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Art, Seriously, Nothing, Kind, Phrase, Poetry, Take, Written, Wrong, Sake, Years, Years Ago, Mean, Forty, Forty Years, England

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