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Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.
Alfred North WhiteheadAbout author
- Author's profession: Mathematician
- Nationality: english
- Born: February 15, 1861
- Died: December 30, 1947
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