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I never think about actual things when I'm painting. I'm not thinking, I'm going to put a person here, a tree here and a bird there. The beginning stage is always the sound. From that, slowly, stories come about based on what I'm reading or thinking at the time, but if I didn't have that sound I don't know what I would do.

Ali Banisadr

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Ali Banisadr
Age: 54
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