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"She doesnt look a day over fifty. (p. 24)"
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Frank Gelett Burgess was an American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist. He was an important figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary renaissance of the 1890s, particularly through his iconoclastic little magazine, The Lark, and association with The Crowd literary group. He is best known as a writer of nonsense verse, such as "The Purple Cow", and for introducing French modern art
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"A woman and a mouse, they carry a tale wherever they go."
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"To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life."
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"I dont know much about Art, but I know what I like. (p. 24)"
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"I never saw a purple cow, I never hope to see one; But I can tell you, anyhow, Id rather see than be one!"
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"Ah, yes, I wrote the "Purple Cow"— Im Sorry, now, I wrote it; But I can tell you Anyhow Ill Kill you if you Quote it!"
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