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“This seclusion of the artist with his work, sometimes misconceived as a selfish thing, is in truth as needful a tool as any, if a vision is to be made clear to others. And all the men I have known do creative work obtained it; either mechanically, by the walls of a workroom, or by that withdrawal into themselves which is part of their power.”

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Georgiana Burne-Jones

Georgiana Burne-Jones, born on July 21, 1840, and died on February 2, 1920, was a prominent British artist known for her delicate style and expressive emotion in her paintings. more

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