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We don't have a single point of view for a road at all, except a moving one, moving along it.

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Carl Andre
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: September 16
Artist
Illustrator
Land Artist
Poet
Visual Artist
Writer
Quincy
Massachusetts
Carl André
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I was one of the first post-studio artists. I used to do my works in the streets. I used to find them in the streets, and I used to leave them in the streets.
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I grew up in a brick house. What's wrong with bricks? An Englishman took me aside and said, You have to understand, all the bricklayers in England are Irish, and the English hate the Irish.
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