Beautiful Quote by Paul Gauguin

“Beautiful colors exist, though we do not realize it, and are glimpsed behind the veil that modesty has drawn over them.”

Paul Gauguin

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Beautiful Beauty Behinds Color Modesty Realizing Veils

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