Carolina QuotesOne cuts and chooses and shifts and pastes, and sometimes tears off and begins again.
Robert Motherwell Connected to the Carolinas
Source
p. 15
- work
- 'Beyond the Aesthetics' (1946)
- year
- 1946
- locator
- p. 15
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“One cuts and chooses and shifts and pastes, and sometimes te…” Robert Motherwell. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-C21EC0B5F9. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/c21ec0b5f9
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