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" Observe that it is a great error to believe that all mediums of art are not closely tied to their time. "

Camille Pissarro

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" I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there! "

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