“Time is the longest distance between places.” (Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menageri )

"Whatever one thinks as well as whatever one paints must be constantly re-examined, torn apart, if that seems to be indicated, and reassembled in the light of new attitudes or new discovery.

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All such artistic terrain which one has crossed must to some extent affect or modify [their] later work. Whatever one has rejected is in itself a tangible shaping force." - Ben Shahn, page 38-39.