"His path up the hotel stairs was blocked by a Haitian artist who had fallen asleep there, waiting for the tourists to return after a night out—at least one tourist. He had displayed garish paintings on both sides of the stairs, depicting Adam, Eve, and the serpent, scenes from rural life in Haiti, and so on, where everyone had their hands in their pockets, as the artist was unable to paint hands well."

Kurt Vonnegut "Deadeye Dick"