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Do not finish your work too much. An impression is not sufficiently durable for its first freshness to survive a belated search for infinite detail in this way you let the lava grow cool.

Paul Gauguin

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Paul Gauguin
Age: 55 †
Born: 1848
Born: January 1
Died: 1903
Died: January 1
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Paris
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Infinite
Finishing
Grow
Detail
Grows
Finish
Firsts
Search
Belated
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Impression
Lava
Work
Survive
Durable
Much
Details
Freshness
Way
Cool
Sufficiently

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