Chaos Quote by Simon McBurney

“Yes it was chaos, working through chaos, you never quite knew what you were going to do each day, but you knew that you wanted to make something.” quote by Simon McBurney — Download Open image

“Yes it was chaos, working through chaos, you never quite knew what you were going to do each day, but you knew that you wanted to make something.”

Simon McBurney

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