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Nothing is more humbling than to look with a strong magnifying glass at an insect so tiny that the naked eye sees only the barest speck and to discover that nevertheless it is sculpted and articulated and striped with the same care and imagination.

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Rudolf Arnheim
Age: 102 †
Born: 1904
Born: July 15
Died: 2007
Died: June 9
Art Historian
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Film Critic
Film Scholar
Pedagogue
Psychologist
University Teacher
Writer
Berlin
Germany
Rudolph Arnheim
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Glasses
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Naked
Insect
Look
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Striped
Imagination
Glass
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