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In this quote from the French critic Charles Baudelaire, he explains that with respect to art, the preferable is always possible. In other words, you can never really tell what a work of art will turn out to be. It might be a tremendous work of art, or it might be a mediocre one, but in general there is always a chance that it will turn out to be a masterpiece. If it turns out to be a masterpiece, then you will have gained an extraordinary result. However, if it turns out to be mediocre, you will still have gained something new.
Source: Poetics
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