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Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul
But I do love thee! and when I love thee not,
Chaos is come again.
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William Shakespeare, Othello: Act 3, Scene 3 (Image: ypkdesigns.blogspot)
Portrait of Emidio Gandolfi
Gaetano Gandolfi
An Amphora Pierced Porcelain Vase by Riessner Stellmacher and Kessel, 1895 christies.com
Above: I Love Antitheses (Self-portrait), 1912 - Egon Schiele
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Art cannot be modern. Art is primordially eternal.
~Egon Schiele
Boy with Hand to Face, 1910, Private Collection
Egon Schiele
Woman with Black Hat, 1909, Private Collection
Egon Schiele

Portrait of the Painter Anton Peschka, 1909, Private Collection
Egon Schiele
Detail

Mona Lisa detail, 1503-05
Leonardo da Vinci
Shall I tell you what I think are the two qualities of a work of art? First, it must be the indescribable, and second, it must be inimitable.
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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La Loge, 1874
Pierre Auguste Renoir (Queue)
Detail

Young Woman Reading an Illustrated Journal, 1880, Private Collection
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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