"Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's honor.“

-Ernest Hemingway

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Ernest Hemingway quote about art: "Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of br..."

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