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One never finishes learning about art. There are always new things to discover. Great works of art seem to look different every time one stands before them. They seem to be as inexhaustible and unpredictable as real human beings.

— Ernst Gombrich The Story of Art (1978)

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If you want to do anything new you must first make sure you know what people have tried before.

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Even though I came from a Jewish home myself, it never entered my head that such horrors might be repeated in my own lifetime.

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Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there.

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There really is no such thing as Art. There are only artists.

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