elizabeth de witt

drawer, painter, visual artist

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When in doubt on where to begin, take from a smart albeit grim ancient Greek. Luckily i’m an optimist.

June 12, 2011 by

Life is short,
art long,
opportunity fleeting,
experiment fallible,
judgment difficult.

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