It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block. (Paul Gauguin)

It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block.

Paul Gauguin

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