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It is the death of present art when it returns again and again to the model. Use of the model is only an intermediate stage in artistic development. Create out of a living spirituality to overcome everything naturalistic.

Rudolf Steiner

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Rudolf Steiner
Age: 64 †
Born: 1861
Born: February 27
Died: 1925
Died: March 30
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Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner
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