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“...When someone asks me to help create a room my first reaction, if I do not already know the person, is to try to feel out what he or she really wants the room to be and to understand, if possible, what "memory," old or new, has brought this idea about.”

Quote by Sister Parish

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Sister Parish, a mysterious figure born on July 15, 1910, and passed away in 1994. Her profession and category are currently unknown. more

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