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How to paint the landscape: First you make your bow to the landscape. Then you wait, and if the landscape bows to you, then, and only then, can you paint the landscape.

John Marin

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John Marin
Age: 82 †
Born: 1870
Born: December 23
Died: 1953
Died: October 1
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