"If I paint a hammer and sickle..." - Quote by Pablo Picasso
If I paint a hammer and sickle people may think it is a representation of Communism, but for me it is only a hammer and sickle. I just want to reproduce the objects for what they are, not for what they mean.
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“a good reader makes a good book”
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