I would rather be first to paint ugliness than second to paint beauty.
Prefiero ser el primero en pintar la fealdad que el segundo en pintar la belleza.
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Diego Velázquez
Born in Seville in 1599, Velazquez served Philip IV for four decades. Las Meninas has fascinated thinkers for centuries; Manet called him the painter of painters.
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