Famous quote by Hans-Georg Gadamer

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"It is one of the primary motives of modern art that it wants to abolish the distance which the viewer, the consumer, the audience maintain vis-a-vis a work of art"

- Hans-Georg Gadamer

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This quote is written / told by Hans-Georg Gadamer between February 11, 1900 and March 13, 2002. He/she was a famous Philosopher from Germany. The author also have 8 other quotes.

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