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Grandma Moses Quotes: I paint from the top down. First the sky then the mountains then the hills then the houses then the cattle and then the people.
         

I paint from the top down. First the sky then the mountains then the hills then the houses then the cattle and then the people.


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I paint from the top down. First the sky then the mountains then the hills then the houses then the cattle and then the people.
         



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