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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Exhibition catalogue, art criticism, collecting | | Spanish term or phrase: Las piedras tienen en sí y para sí formas abstractas | Context:
Cuando era pequeña coleccionaba estos restos. Así fue cómo conseguí formar una maravillosa colección de piedras. Más tarde, en mis viajes a través de Sudamérica, iba con mi marido a las minas y me traía piedras. Mi camino hacia el arte abstracto pasa a través de las piedras. La naturaleza es abstracta. Las piedras tienen en sí y para sí formas abstractas. En una colección de piedras se aprende a reconocer formas. La aguamarina, por ejemplo, es diferente del cuarzo rosa.
From a quote by an art collector explaining why she collects.
I understand the basic meaning, but the "en sí y para sí" has got me thinking. I at least want to maintain the emphasis that the phrase gives to this idea of stones being intrinsically abstract (I think that's what she wants to say).
How would you put this "en sí y para sí"?
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