I create not to please the world, but to challenge it. Pleas... - Sergei Diaghilev

This quote is attributed to Sergei Diaghilev.

"I create not to please the world, but to challenge it. Pleasure is a byproduct, not the goal."

Sergei Diaghilev Art

Impresario & Entrepreneur Russian 1872–1929

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