“One sunny spring day I heard the music coming down Karl Johan [street] and it filled me with joy. The spring, the sun, the music, all blended together to make me shiver with pleasure. The music added colour to the colours. I painted the picture allowing the colours to reverberate with the rhythm of the music. I painted the colours as I saw them at that moment.”
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