Paul GauguinI shut my eyes in order to see.
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I shut my eyes in order to see. The power of imagination is highly underrated. A person with a vivid imagination can build many castles in the air, but it is always important to see, hear and touch before anything else. It is also important to let your eyes do the seeing for you.
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