I don't very much enjoy looking at paintings in general. I know too mu…

Georgia O'Keeffe
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I don't very much enjoy looking at paintings in general. I know too much about them. I take them apart. ✨ Dennis Abrams, Georgia O'Keeffe (2009). Georgia O'Keeffe, p.9, Infobase Publishing
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