Word: gratuitous
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Dates: during 1953-1953
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...Acropolis, flying kites from its slopes for recreation and painting his razor-edged cubist landscapes whenever the spirit moves him. He thinks too few of his fellow moderns paint with real feeling for the everyday world of sights, sounds and smells. "Much art today," says Ghika, "is an acte gratuit-done for the sake of doing it. It's done with no purpose-it's a play and after a while you don't know what to do with it. A painting ought to respond to some human necessity...
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