The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them. - Anton (Pavlovich) Chekhov (1860 - 1904)
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芸術家の役割は問い掛けることで、解き明かすことではない。 - アントン（・パーヴロヴィチ）・チェーホフ (1860 - 1904)
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