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Beauty is an intangible thing can not be fixed on the surface, and the wear and tear of old age on the body cannot defeat it. Nor will a pretty face make it, for pretty faces are often dull and empty, and beauty is never dull and it fills all spaces.

Robert Henri

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Robert Henri
Age: 64 †
Born: 1865
Born: June 24
Died: 1929
Died: July 12
Artist
Painter
Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Earle Henri
Robert Henry Cozad
Robert Earl Henri
Henri
Robert Cozad Henri
Thing
Beauty
Dull
Make
Face
Fixed
Never
Age
Defeat
Space
Surface
Faces
Wear
Intangible
Often
Empty
Fills
Cannot
Tears
Spaces
Body
Pretty
Tear

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