A work of art is good if it has arisen out of necessity. The verdict on it lies in this nature of its origin: there is no other.
 Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet (1929). copy citation

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Author Rainer Maria Rilke
Source Letters to a Young Poet
Topic necessity origin
Date 1929
Language English
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Note Translated by Charlie Louth
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