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We call those works of art concrete that came into being on the basis of their inherent resources and rules - without external borrowing from natural phenomena, without transforming those phenomena, in other words: not by abstraction.
Max Bill

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Type:
Architect Quotes
Category:
Swiss Architect Quotes
Date of Birth:
December 22, 1908
Date of Death:
December 8, 1994
Nationality:
Swiss
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