A really well-made buttonhole is the only link between Art and Nature.…

Oscar Wilde
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A really well-made buttonhole is the only link between Art and Nature. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2013). An Ideal Husband: Second Edition, Revised, p.85, A&C Black
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