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“If you look at ancient Chinese paintings, you see mountains, but they are not real mountains; it is something the artists imagined.” quote by Ma Yansong — Download Open image

“If you look at ancient Chinese paintings, you see mountains, but they are not real mountains; it is something the artists imagined.”

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