Edith WhartonAnother unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.
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Common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before is a quote by Vincent Van Gogh. It means that we tend to be scared of new ideas and we try to avoid new things and we tend to be scared of new ideas and we try to avoid new things. Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.
Source: The Writing Of Fiction
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