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> [A lot of writers and artists are like chefs who eat their own cooking in the kitchen and then deliver an empty plate with assurances that it's great. Whereas the chef makes cake and sometimes tastes it with a finger,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-santlofer/a-lot-of-writers-and-artists-are-like-chefs-who-eat-their-own-cooking/)

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## More by Jonathan Santlofer

> [The idea of going to school to be an art critic is a very crazy idea. I educated myself in public, which is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-santlofer/the-idea-of-going-to-school-to-be-an-art-critic-is-a-very-crazy-idea/)

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> [The experience of beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as they say. The artist's relation to the object of beauty, how the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-santlofer/the-experience-of-beauty-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder-as-they-say/)

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> [A lot of writers and artists are like chefs who eat their own cooking in the kitchen and then deliver an empty plate with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-santlofer/a-lot-of-writers-and-artists-are-like-chefs-who-eat-their-own-cooking/)

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> [My problem with political art is not that it's bad art necessarily, but that it is terrible politics. We're talking about a closeted person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-santlofer/my-problem-with-political-art-is-not-that-it-s-bad-art-necessarily/)

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> [I found with poetry that I couldn't keep it up. I was too vulnerable. Maybe I was too aware of the audience. And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-santlofer/i-found-with-poetry-that-i-couldn-t-keep-it-up-i-was-too-vulnerable/)

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> [By this point I have a fairly high degree of confidence in my judgment, in that I don't doubt my sanity; or, even if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-santlofer/by-this-point-i-have-a-fairly-high-degree-of-confidence-in-my/)

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> [I have a total responsibility to the reader. The reader has to trust me and never feel betrayed. There's a double standard between writers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-santlofer/i-have-a-total-responsibility-to-the-reader-the-reader-has-to-trust-2/)

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> [There is a sensuousness to language, there's a pace to it. There's a deliciousness to it. I do have pleasure when I'm writing. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-santlofer/there-is-a-sensuousness-to-language-there-s-a-pace-to-it-there-s-a/)

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> [The problem of making artists talk about their work is that when they're making their work the left-brain is shut off. So if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-santlofer/the-problem-of-making-artists-talk-about-their-work-is-that-when-they-2/)

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