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The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of our artists are nothing else.
-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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The Artist Who Is Not Also A

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of our artists are nothing else.
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