Art Quote by David Mamet

“Art and mass entertainment and propaganda, they can all be plotted on the same graph, but there is a difference.” quote by David Mamet — Download Open image

“Art and mass entertainment and propaganda, they can all be plotted on the same graph, but there is a difference.”

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