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"A really smart person can be a painter. A painter needs to turn a blind eye to part of the picture. Only if he refuses to make a choice. A smart person knows better what he is painting, not what he sees. In what he knows and what he sees. In time, he will be somewhat restrained. He can't desperately pursue an idea. He is afraid that the eyes of the people he wants to please are too sharp, and he will find that he not only adds what he sees to the painting, but also what they know. "

Knowing the truth, this was the ideology of Protestant England in the 17th century.

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    Mr. Noyes: Mr. Chandos was a man who spent more time with his gardener than his wife. They discussed plum trees - ad nauseam. He gave his family and his tennants cause to dread September, for they were regaled with plums till their guts rumbled like thunder and their backsides ached from overuse. He built the chapel at Fouvant, where the pew seats are made of plumwood, so the tennants still have cause to remember Chandos through their backsides - on account of the splinters.

  • Mr. Neville: Madame, who is this child who walks the garden with such a solemn look on his face?

    Mrs. Talmann: That is my husband's nephew, Mr. Neville.

    Mr. Neville: He attracts servants like a little midget king. What is his patrimony, madame?

    Mrs. Talmann: His father was killed at Aufbergensfeld. His mother became a Catholic so my husband had him brought to England.

    Mr. Neville: To be raised as a little Protestant?

    Mrs. Talmann: He was an orphan, Mr. Neville, and needed to be looked after.

    Mr. Neville: An orphan, madame, because his mother became a Catholic?