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

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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