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Ernest Flagg - Why can there not be a new art founded...
Why can there not be a new art founded on the only principle which can produce great art-the principle that art is the interpretation or extraction of the essence of beauty in nature, and all else is secondary? (Ernest Flagg)

Why can there not be a new art founded on the only principle which can produce great art-the principle that art is the interpretation or extraction of the essence of beauty in nature, and all else is secondary?

Ernest Flagg

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