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The Matisse Stories The Matisse Stories by A.S. Byatt
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“She looked, quickly, quickly, it was better than before, thanked him and averted her eyes. She came to trust him with her disintegration.”
― A.S. Byatt, The Matisse Stories
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“Her fingers remembered the slow, careful work in the wood, with a quiet grief, that didn't diminish, but was manageable.”
― A.S. Byatt, The Matisse Stories
tags: art, artist, grief-and-loss
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“It is not flippant to see a painting in a predicament.”
― A.S. Byatt, The Matisse Stories
tags: art, artist, painting
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