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I have no art that makes you comfortable.
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The speaker says their art is not meant to provide comfort or ease. It may challenge, unsettle, or ask the audience to face something difficult instead of offering reassurance. The statement presents discomfort as a defining quality of the work, without claiming that every viewer will react in exactly the same way.
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