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And I painted on and on, coarsely - not skillful at all and rather clumsy.. (translation from Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)
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Notes from Wikiquote Quote of Benner (1971) on his early painter-years in an interview; as cited by Janneke Wesseling in 'Water, Lucht en Vlak Land', in Dutch newspaper 'N.R.C.', 16 Oct. 2014
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