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" I don't think I am a proud person, but I think my children are incredible... I think I am part of that. "
Amanda Harlech
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" I do quite a lot of art, with a small 'a'. I guess that is how I was dredged up, with paints and crayons. Even when I was at nursery, I knew instinctively how to mix colours, how to make purple or orange. "
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" My earliest childhood memory is watching the sunlight through a jar of amber full of wasps. "
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" At home, I love reaching out into that absolute silence, when you can hear the owl or the wind. "
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" People think of me as a stereotype: muse, privileged, decorative. Classically, the muses were the inspiration. They'd come and go - they wouldn't actually make things, get their hands dirty. I don't think I'm a muse, although I think I can help pull a trigger. I really like getting my hands dirty. "
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