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The sound of colors is so definite that it would be hard to find anyone who would express bright yellow with bass notes or dark lake with treble.

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Wassily Kandinsky
Age: 77 †
Born: 1866
Born: January 1
Died: 1944
Died: January 1
Art Theorist
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Painter
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Moscow
Russian SFSR
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