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‘I have concentrated my entire personality in my Goyescas . I fell in love with the psychology of Goya and his palette: with his ladylike maja ; with his aristocratic majo ; with Goya himself and the Duchess of Alba, with their quarrels, their love, their flirtations. That rosy whiteness of their cheeks contrasted with blond lace and black velvet contrasted with fastenings, those supple-waisted bodies, those mother- of-pearl and jasmine hands resting on jet pendants – all of this has enchanted me.’