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Never paint epic canvases during the revolution, because the revolutionaries will tear them apart.

Zygmunt Bauman

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Zygmunt Bauman
Age: 91 †
Born: 1925
Born: November 19
Died: 2017
Died: January 9
Opinion Journalist
Philosopher
Sociologist
University Teacher
Writer
Poznan
Tear
Revolutionary
Apart
Paint
Revolution
Tears
Canvases
Never
Revolutionaries
Epic

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