He Corot was always surrounded by a crowd of fools and I didn't want to get caught up in it. I admired him from a distance. (Pierre-Auguste Renoir)

He Corot was always surrounded by a crowd of fools and I didn't want to get caught up in it. I admired him from a distance.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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