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Alive Quote by Paul Klee

“A certain fire pretends to be alive; it awakens. Working…” quote by Paul Klee — Download Open image

“A certain fire pretends to be alive; it awakens. Working its way along the hand as a conductor, it reaches the support and engulfs it; then a leaping spark closes the circle it was to trace, coming back to the eye and beyond.”

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