Edward GoreyThe Baron told her that only art meant anything.
About This Quote
The Baron told her that only art meant anything. This quote is a play on words. The baron was telling the woman that she did not matter and did not matter to him, and it did not matter if she made something of herself. He was saying, “You are nothing more than an art object”.
And, the fact of it is we all are born to be art objects. We come into this world with no inherent value. We exist only in service to someone else's whims and they will die when they need to be replaced by another art object.
In this world, no one can make their own way out of nothingness.
Source: The Gilded Bat
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