"One of the most difficult things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it."

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"One of the most difficult things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it."

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"Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it."

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"And then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?"

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