It's not that pain equals art. It's that creativity has the power to look pain in the eye, and to decide to… — Susan Cain
It's not that pain equals art. It's that creativity has the power to look pain in the eye, and to decide to turn it into something better. ... The quest to transform pain into beauty is one of the great catalysts of artistic expression.
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