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Painting is the most magical of mediums. The transcendence is truly amazing to me every time I go to a museum and I see how somebody figured another way to rub colored dirt on a flat surface and make space where there is no space or make you think of a life experience.


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CHUCK KLOSTERMAN A menos que todo empeore, nada puede mejorar.
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CHUCK KNOX Playing safe is only playing.
CHUCK OLSON Practice without improvement is meaningless.
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