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Aesthetics is to artists as ornithology is to birds.

Barnett Newman

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Barnett Newman
Age: 65 †
Born: 1905
Born: January 29
Died: 1970
Died: July 4
Artist
Graphic Artist
Illustrator
Painter
Printmaker
Sculptor
New York City
New York
Aesthetics
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Ornithology

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