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> [“For something to become a work of art, a labeling process must take place that requires three participants: an artist who produces an apt object, a client or public, and a critic or connoisseur who mediates between the artist and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyatt-macgaffey/for-something-to-become-a-work-of-art-a-labeling-process-must-take/)

Wyatt MacGaffey

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## More by Wyatt MacGaffey

> [“For something to become a work of art, a labeling process must take place that requires three participants: an artist who produces an apt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyatt-macgaffey/for-something-to-become-a-work-of-art-a-labeling-process-must-take/)

Wyatt MacGaffey

> [“It is characteristic of the ethnocentrism of anthropology that whereas the rationality of claims by African and other primitive diviners to be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyatt-macgaffey/it-is-characteristic-of-the-ethnocentrism-of-anthropology-that/)

Wyatt MacGaffey

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