“The twins spend their second day in Paris at the Louvre. ''... Really great geniuses, eh Fritz? One could barely call them human beings.'' '' As a matter of fact, I don't think they were... just superior beings from some other planet... perhaps from the same one that gave us Mozart and Plato, for it's impossible that a mere human being create such monumental works.'' ''Wonderful...” FranceParisPlato1960sArtsArtists LifeLouvreMozartMalteseMusée D Orsay Book:Memories of Recurrent Echoes Source: Memories of Recurrent Echoes
“In the following days the twins went all over the city; they visited more museums, particularly the avant-garde ones. Whenever Magda spotted a Van Gogh her eyes would fill with tears, remembering the aberrational agony this great artist had gone through. The work that stirred her most was one of those many self-portraits of the artist in a sober and tormented mood; a painting built by many heavy brushstrokes of dense undiluted paint applied spirally giving the impression that the image was materializing from a turquoise background. Magda spent a full ten minutes before one such portrait. When she returned back to earth she noticed a young man beside her, as absorbed with the painting as she was and whose face looked familiar.” FranceParis1960sArtsArtists LifeLouvreVan GoghVincent Van GoghMalteseMusée D Orsay Book:Memories of Recurrent Echoes Source: Memories of Recurrent Echoes