For all its cutting-edge brevity, Twitter has nothing on the creative geniuses of modern history. Hemingway once wrote a haunting story using a mere six words: "For Sale: Baby shoes. Never worn." Rodin sculpted a series of tiny hands no bigger than the top of his thumb. And Matisse set out with a 3-by-4-in. canvas, a bottle of ink and a mirror to produce a miniature self-portrait that would vanish into your pants pocket.
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