It's impossible for a creative artist to be either a Puritan or a Fascist, because both are a negation of the creative urge. The only things a creative artist can be opposed to are ugliness and injustice.

Liam OFlaherty
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The great writer, playwright, actor, director, singer, musician, painter, sculptor, composer, etc. who created a work of art may have been a Puritan at one time in their life or they may have been a Fascist in another time. What matters in the end is that they were a creative artist in both instances.

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