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I wish to be of service to the artists of our own day, by showing them how a small beginning leads to the highest elevation, and how from so noble a situation it is possible to fall to utmost ruin, and consequently, how these arts resemble nature as shown in our human bodies.

Giorgio Vasari

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Giorgio Vasari
Age: 62 †
Born: 1511
Born: July 30
Died: 1574
Died: June 27
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