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Excerpt from Thomas Hart Benton, 1954 For it should be remembered that a painter, however profound in psychological insight or intellectual equipment, to be a significant artist, must have the talent demanded by his calling the enhancing magic, the creative touch Leonardo talked about. Benton is a born artist: as a draftsman, one of the best of modern times; as a designer in a class by himself; and when he feels like it, capable of the utmost subtleties and refinements of color and texture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.