“The Universe is the greatest piece of art”
Jacek Tylicki (1951) American artist
Catalogue to exhibition in Gallery 38 - Copenhagen, 1976, as cited in: Leszek Brogowski & Dorota Czerner (transl.). Jacek Tylicki: Art and Artworks. 2014
“The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.”
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