"Ultimately, the artist and the revolutionary function as they function, and pay whatever dues they must pay behind it because they are both possessed by a vision, and they do not so much follow this vision as find themselves driven by it," wrote James Baldwin. "Otherwise, they could never endure, much less embrace, the lives they are compelled to lead."
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