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> [I was born knowing that I had to be a painter, because my father, an art historian, always presented painting as the only acceptable thing in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/domenico-gnoli/i-was-born-knowing-that-i-had-to-be-a-painter-because-my-father-an/)

[Domenico Gnoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/domenico-gnoli/)

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> [My mother thought I would have a hard life as a painter. My father thought the highest thing a person could be was an architect. Below that was a painter. So he thought it was much better than being, say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-katz/my-mother-thought-i-would-have-a-hard-life-as-a-painter-my-father/)

[Alex Katz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-katz/)

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