A work of art achieves greatness when it expresses the yearn... - Lucien Goldmann

"A work of art achieves greatness when it expresses the yearnings of an entire epoch."

Lucien Goldmann Art

Sociologist Critic Romanian-French 1913–1970

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"The stage is my true home."

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