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My instinct about painting says, 'if you don't think about it, it's right.' As soon as you have to decide and choose, it's wrong. And the more you decide about, the more wrong it gets.

Andy Warhol

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Andy Warhol
Age: 58 †
Born: 1928
Born: August 6
Died: 1987
Died: February 22
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