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The stillness in art characterizes prayer, and the eye of the storm.

Saul Bellow

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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
Author
Essayist
Novelist
University Teacher
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Solomon Bellows
Stillness
Storm
Prayer
Eye
Art
Characterizes

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