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Description
When in their lives do great artists produce their greatest art? Do they strive for creative perfection throughout decades of painstaking and frustrating experimentation, or do they achieve it confidently and decisively, through meticulous planning that yields masterpieces early in their... read more
First Sentence
In May 1902, already suffering acutely from the illness that would cause his death the following year, Paul Gauguin wrote from the Marquesas Islands to Georges-Daniel de Monfreid, his most loyal friend, "For two months I have been filled with one mortal fear: that I am not the Gauguin I used to be."
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Authors & Contributors
- David W. Galenson (Author)
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