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El arte no es expresión, el arte es conocimiento.
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The quote draws a firm distinction between expression and knowledge. It presents art not mainly as a way to display feelings or ideas, but as a way of discovering, understanding, or showing something about the world. In this view, art has intellectual value: it teaches through what it creates.
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