.. not the familiar paradise, but the unknown - somewhere in a continent that hasn't been discovered yet by anyone from the civilized countries - I have escaped [in his prints! ] because it is almost unbearable to be in our world. (Hendrik Werkman)

.. not the familiar paradise, but the unknown - somewhere in a continent that hasn't been discovered yet by anyone from the civilized countries - I have escaped [in his prints! ] because it is almost unbearable to be in our world.

Hendrik Werkman

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