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Painting is the only universal language. all nature is creation's picture book. painting alone can describe every thing which can be seen, and suggest every emotion which can be felt. art reaches back into the babyhood of time, and is man's only lasting monument.
-William Morris Hunt
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William Morris Hunt
Painting is the only universal language. all nature is creation's picture book. painting alone can describe every thing which can be seen, and suggest every emotion which can be felt. art reaches back into the babyhood of time, and is man's only lasting monument.
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