If you cannot please everyone with your deeds and your art, please a few.
Der Zeit ihre Kunst, der Kunst ihre Freiheit.
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Gustav Klimt
Born in Vienna in 1862, Klimt co-founded the Vienna Secession and fused symbolism, eroticism, and gold leaf into an unmistakable decorative style. The Kiss remains one of the most reproduced images in art.
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