"Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific knowledge of composition were enormous.“


-Vincent Van Gogh

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Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific knowledge of composition were enormous.

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