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In the visual arts, particularly painting, I distrust all those abstractions, those artificial constructions. I have a very simple way of judging them: if I can do them, they are not art.
F. Sionil Jose
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In the visual arts, particularly painting, I distrust all those abstractions, those artificial constructions. I have a very simple way of judging them: if I can do them, they are not art. — F. Sionil Jose

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F. Sionil Jose was a Writer from Philippines (1924–2022).

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F. Sionil Jose lived from 1924 – 2022.
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