Nothing is old, nothing is new, save the light of grace underneath wh… — Georges Rouault

Nothing is old, nothing is new, save the light of grace underneath which beats a human heart. The way of feeling, of understanding, of loving; the way of seeing the country, the faces that your father saw, that your mother knew. The rest is chimerical.

Georges RouaultArtist · French · 1871 – 1958

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