The heaping together of paintings by Old Masters in museums is a catas…

Carl Jung
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The heaping together of paintings by Old Masters in museums is a catastrophe; likewise, a collection of a hundred Great Brains makes one big fathead. ✨ Carl Gustav Jung, Herbert Read, Michael Scott Montague Fordham, Gerhard Adler (1964). The Collected Works of C.G. Jung: Civilization in transition
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The heaping together of paintings by Old Masters in museums is a catastrophe; likewise, a collection of a hundred Great Brains makes one big fathead. ✨ Carl Gustav Jung, Herbert Read, Michael Scott Montague Fordham, Gerhard Adler (1964). The Collected Works of C.G. Jung: Civilization in transition

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