A Quote by Mary McCarthy

The famous Florentine elegance, which attracts tourists to the shops on Via Tornabuoni and Via della Vigna Nuova, is characterized by austerity of line, simplicity, economy of effect.

Mary McCarthy

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Mary McCarthy
American - Novelist
June 21, 1912 - October 25, 1989

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