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My aim is not to exhibit craft, but rather to submerge it, and make it rightfully the handmaiden of beauty, power and emotional content.

Andrew Wyeth

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Andrew Wyeth
Age: 91 †
Born: 1917
Born: July 12
Died: 2009
Died: January 16
Painter
Visual Artist
Writer
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Pennsylvania
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I wanted to get it all down, maybe out of my system. I wanted to be able to say, Everything's possible-if you believe and can get excited.
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Believe in yourself and believe in love. Love something.
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If it [talent] isn’t strong enough to take the gaff of real training, then it’s not worth much.
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I dream a lot. I do more painting when I'm not painting. It's in the subconscious.
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