Art has always been the raft on to which we climb to save our sanity.

Dorothea Tanning

Quoted in Salon

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Topic

Art as therapy Purpose of art Art

Medium

Interview

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Tanning, Dorothea. Interview with John Glassing. Salon, Feb. 11, 2002, https://www.salon.com/2002/02/11/tanning/

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