The cats and dogs in my home enjoy high status; they seem more like the lords of the manor than I do [...] The poses they strike in the courtyard often inspire more joy in me than the house itself. Their self-important positions seem to be saying, ‘This is my territory,’ and that makes me happy.
Ai Weiwei
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Roger Hilton
Two Dogs
(1973)
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