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Art is a reality, not a definition inasmuch as it approaches a reality, it approaches perfection, and inasmuch as it approaches a mere definition, it is imperfect and untrue.

Benjamin Haydon

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Benjamin Haydon
Age: 60 †
Born: 1786
Born: January 26
Died: 1846
Died: June 22
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Plymouth (parish)
Benjamin Robert Haydon
Mr. Haydon
Hayden
Haydon
B.R. Haydon
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