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> [“They supposed that their tinted papers showed something of what a man saw apart from himself--something they called the visible world. But they had never considered where that world must lie. They fondled their scraps of paper and admired the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-murnane/they-supposed-that-their-tinted-papers-showed-something-of-what-a-man/)

Gerald Murnane

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## More by Gerald Murnane

> [“They supposed that their tinted papers showed something of what a man saw apart from himself--something they called the visible world. But they had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-murnane/they-supposed-that-their-tinted-papers-showed-something-of-what-a-man/)

Gerald Murnane

> [“During my sixteen years as a teacher of writing, I removed many adverbs and adverbial phrases from students' writing. I decided long ago that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-murnane/during-my-sixteen-years-as-a-teacher-of-writing-i-removed-many/)

Gerald Murnane

> [“Soon after I left university, I came up with another definition of a literary critic or would be critic: someoone who uses churlish towards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-murnane/soon-after-i-left-university-i-came-up-with-another-definition-of-a/)

Gerald Murnane

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