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“Art finds her own perfection within, and not outside of herself. She is not to be judged by any external standard of resemblance. She is a veil, rather than a mirror.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Intentions (1891)
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 254aa5fbc8979cf135819c578ebf0bc7a1e3523e86262e08fa30cc9fcc692b90
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