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Is it my role as an artist to say something, to express, to be expressive? I think it's my role as an artist to bring to expression, it's not my role to be expressive.

Anish Kapoor

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Anish Kapoor
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: March 12
Architect
Drawer
Jewelry Designer
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Bombay
Sir Anish Kapoor
Sir Anish Mikhail Kapoor
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