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Art is not to be found by touring to egypt, china, or peru; if you cannot find it at your own door, you will never find it.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Art is not to be found by touring to egypt, china, or peru; if you cannot find it at your own door, you will never find it.
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