All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story; to vomit the anguish up.

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This is a funny quote from Tennessee Williams, who was an American playwright. It is all art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story; to vomit the anguish up. He was talking about how artists need to be able to express their own feelings and emotions through their work.

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