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Cy Twombly - Each line is now the actual experience...
Each line is now the actual experience with its own innate history. It does not illustrate - it is the sensation of its own realization. [a written art note by Twombly on a painting he created in 1957]. (Cy Twombly)

Each line is now the actual experience with its own innate history. It does not illustrate - it is the sensation of its own realization. [a written art note by Twombly on a painting he created in 1957].

Cy Twombly

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