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Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche on Art

A work of art is created because there is basic sacredness, independent of the artist’s particular religious faith or trust. Sacredness from that point of view is the discovery of goodness, which is independent of personal, social, or physical restrictions.
-- Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
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