Robert James Waller quote — “Sometime I'm going to do an essay called 'The Virtues of Amateurism' f…”

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Sometime I'm going to do an essay called 'The Virtues of Amateurism' for all of those people who wish they earned their living in the arts. The market kills more artistic people than anything else. It's a world of safety out there, for most people. They want safety, the magazines and manufacturers give them safety, give them homogeneity, give them the familiar and comfortable, don't challenge them.

Robert James Waller The Bridges of Madison County anthropology economics marketing politics science

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