“I always pet a dog with my left hand, because if he bit me, I'd still have my right hand to paint with.”

—  Juan Gris

Attributed by Max Jacob (1876–1944) to Juan Gris, quoted in: Jeanine Warnod (1972). Washboat days. p. 204

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