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The artist should not only paint what hesees before him, but also what he sees within him. If, however, he sees nothing within him, then he should also omit to paint that which he sees before him.

-Friedrich, Caspar David
Quoted in Caspar David Friedrich1774^1840, Tate Gallery (1972).

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