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The horizon is more than a convention of landscape painting, less than truth.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Convention
Conventions
Horizon
Landscape
Painting
Less
Truth

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