The piano has eighty-eight ...

The piano has eighty-eight keys, and you have to be able to play all of them. And the range of white to black is analogous to the eighty-eight keys and you have to be able to play all eighty-eight keys in that palette from white to black.
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 Ansel Adams

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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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