Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the…

Vincent Van Gogh
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Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model. ✨ Vincent van Gogh, Mark Roskill (1997). The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh, p.173, Simon and Schuster
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