I have always maintained that art should provoke thought, em... - Sergei Diaghilev

This quote is attributed to Sergei Diaghilev.

"I have always maintained that art should provoke thought, emotion, and change."

Sergei Diaghilev Art

Impresario & Entrepreneur Russian 1872–1929

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