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I Believe In Michelangelo, Velasquez, And Rembrandt; In The Might Of Design, The Mystery Of Color, The Redemption Of All Things By Beauty Everlasting, And The Message Of Art That Has Made These Hands Blessed. Amen. Amen.

-George Bernard Shaw

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I Believe In Michelangelo,

George Bernard Shaw

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I Believe In Michelangelo, Velasquez, And Rembrandt; In The Might Of Design, The Mystery Of Color, The Redemption Of All Things By Beauty Everlasting, And The Message Of Art That Has Made These Hands Blessed. Amen. Amen.

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