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Romantic art is always stylized: the better the art, the cleaner and more attractive and intelligent the stylization.

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Ayn Rand
Age: 77 †
Born: 1905
Born: February 2
Died: 1982
Died: March 6
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St. Petersburg
Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum
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