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One must not believe any of those mythologies about oneself as an artist

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Anish Kapoor
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: March 12
Architect
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Jewelry Designer
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Visual Artist
Bombay
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Sir Anish Mikhail Kapoor
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If you get a bad review, you take that in your stride.
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