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Thought is more important than art. . . . To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is.

Source: In Famous Black Quotations, ed. Janet Cheatham Bell, 1995.
-- Imamu Amiri Baraka, (Oct 7 1934-2014), US playwright, poet, novelist, essayist; He wrote of the experiences and anger of black Americans with an affirmation of black life; was also a leading black nationalist.

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