To look at something as though we had never seen it before requires great courage.

Henri Matisse
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If you are to look at something as though you had never seen it before, then you will be able to avoid all the mistakes that come with that. If you are to look at something as though you had already seen it, then you will be able to avoid all the mistakes that come with that.

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