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Art Should Simplify. That Is Very Nearly The Whole Of The Higher Artistic Proce
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Art should simplify. That is very nearly the whole of the higher
artistic process; finding what conventions of form and what detail one
can do without and yet preserve the spirit of the whole.
-- Willa Cather (1873-1947) U.S. novelist
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Do what thou wilt is the whole of the law, but then there is always chaos to consider.