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It is what is painted between the outlines that makes the difference between merely competent painting and really meaningful art.

Philip Pearlstein

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Philip Pearlstein
Age: 100
Born: 1924
Born: May 24
Drawer
Painter
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Painting
Differences
Lines
Outlines
Makes
Competent
Art
Painted
Really
Meaningful
Merely
Difference

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