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The more abstract is form, the more clear and direct its appeal.
Wassily Kandinsky
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Wassily Kandinsky
Age: 77 †
Born: 1866
Born: January 1
Died: 1944
Died: January 1
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Moscow
Russian SFSR
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Every work of art is the child of its time, often it is the mother of our emotions.
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Our epoch is a time of tragic collision between matter and spirit and of the downfall of the purely material world view.
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