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"In the beginning, I started doing portraits of children, and of course, children have large eyes. Fo..." — Margaret Keane

In the beginning, I started doing portraits of children, and of course, children have large eyes. For some reason, they just started getting bigger and bigger. Then, when I started painting imaginary children rather than real ones, they became bigger still.
Margaret Keane
Margaret Keane Artist • American
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