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“The more we study Art, the less we care for Nature. What Art really reveals to us is Nature's lack of design, her curious crudities, her extraordinary monotony, her absolutely unfinished condition.”
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- Source:
- Intentions (1891)
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- d465aa4f9b9108fae2d9768361d725021938d588b64f39c922628d8076224cf4
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