"Art is the only way the soul has to be seen in form and color."

"My name is Cláudia Fioravanti. I was born in the city of Sao Paulo, in 1951. From very early, at four or five years of age, my artistic vein was showing strongly. I was already interested in music and asked my parents to let me study piano. I also liked dancing a lot. My sisters and I made up stories about ballerinas and we imitated the girls on children's programs on TV. Later, in school, my art works always stood out, and I really enjoyed those classes. As an adolescent, one of my pastimes was to write poetry and essays. I found it easy to recite poetry and I was good at decoration. ...

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