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Robert Hughes Quotes

One gets tired of the role critics are supposed to have in this culture: It's like being the piano player in a whorehouse; you don't have any control over the action going on upstairs.
Robert Hughes

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Critic Quotes
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Date of Birth:
July 28, 1938
Nationality:
Australian
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