Annie Dillard on How to be a Professional Creative
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“I asked [a joyful painter I knew] how he came to be a painter. He said, ‘I liked the smell of the paint.’”
“I asked [a joyful painter I knew] how he came to be a painter. He said, ‘I liked the smell of the paint.’”