Painting for me is merely a means of forgetting life. It is a cry in the night. A sob broken off. A strangled laugh. (Georges Rouault)

Painting for me is merely a means of forgetting life. It is a cry in the night. A sob broken off. A strangled laugh.

Georges Rouault

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