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In some ways painters have been more important in my life than writers. Painters teach you how to see—a faculty that usually isn’t highly developed in poets. Whether you take a walk in the woods with a painter, or go to a museum with one, through them you notice shapes, colors, harmonies, relationships that enhance your own seeing.

Carolyn Kizer

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Carolyn Kizer
Age: 88 †
Born: 1925
Born: December 10
Died: 2014
Died: October 9
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