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Jeanne Moreau

When you live under the power of terror and segregation, you can't ever start a work of art.

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Jeanne Moreau means that fear and being treated unfairly prevent people from feeling free or safe enough to create something new. The control and separation imposed by those in power stop genuine artistic expression from beginning.

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