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The artist must have something to say, for mastery over form is not his goal but rather the adapting of form to its inner meaning.

Wassily Kandinsky

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Wassily Kandinsky
Age: 77 †
Born: 1866
Born: January 1
Died: 1944
Died: January 1
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