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When the painter wishes to represent an event, he cannot place before us too great a number of personages but he cannot employ too few when he wishes to portray an emotion.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
Essayist
Philosopher
Writer
Cannot
Painter
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Number
Events
Personages
Emotion
Portray
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Wishes
Art
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Place
Event

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