Quote by Ernest Hemingway
His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust

His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterflys wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred. – Ernest Hemingway

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