"As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.“


-Albrecht Durer

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As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.

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