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FREDERICK CARL FRIESEKE ~ ON THE VALUE OF ART

16 February 2011

“Now you can begin to see quite transparently that nothing purchased life is one of argument, If other people don’t agree with you you’re in big trouble. How far would you get in your work if nobody agreed that what you were doing had value?”

Frederick Carl Frieseke

American Impressionist Painter, 1874-1939

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