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Art can excite, titillate, please, entertain, and sometimes shock but its ultimate function is to ennoble.

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Marya Mannes
Age: 85 †
Born: 1904
Born: November 14
Died: 1990
Died: September 13
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Journalist
Please
Art
Titillate
Sometimes
Ennoble
Excite
Entertain
Shock
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