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Annie Dillard Quotes

The painter... does not fit the paints to the world. He most certainly does not fit the world to himself. He fits himself to the paint. The self is the servant who bears the paintbox and its inherited contents.
Annie Dillard

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Date of Birth:
April 30, 1945
Nationality:
American
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