“I believe in fairies. Although I can't prove they exist, nobody has ever managed to prove to me that they don't.”

—  Peter Blake

Simon O'Hagan "Credo:Peter Blake", http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20051120/ai_n15851377 The Independent on Sunday, 2005-11-20. Accessed from findarticles.com, 2007-01-22
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