It is by the steady elimination of everything which is ugly

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It is by the steady elimination of everything which is ugly – thoughts and words no less than tangible objects – and by the substitution of things of true and lasting beauty that the whole progress of humanity proceeds.

Anna Pavlova

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Anna Pavlova

Russian ballet dancer

February 12th, 1881 - January 23rd, 1931

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