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- ↑ Green, Jonathan. Newspeak: a Dictionary of Jargon, p.155. London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984.
- ↑ Maximalist Painting: "More is More", Essay: "A Reaction to Reductive Art" by Rachel Thornton, Florida State University Museum of Art. p 5,6.
- ↑ MINUS SPACE: The Art of Reduction, P.S.1 Newspaper, Fall / Winter 2008, p. 2.