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You can always find somebody to beat up. This goes back to the schoolyard. Most men would think, Don't chum with girls. But I chummed with girls.

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Carl Andre
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: September 16
Artist
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Writer
Quincy
Massachusetts
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I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs.
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It seems with progress you gain certain things and you lose certain things. The automobile replaced the horse and buggy but you lost all of that nice manure.
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I never drove a car in my life. Given my drinking habits in those days, I would have been dead a long time ago - stumbling out of a bar at 4 a.m. and getting into a car.
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I believe that woman are superior to men.
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Americans understand better than the Europeans and the English that any publicity is good.
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I'm a feminist. I've always been in favor of women.
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Once you turn something into something, its universal usage is over.
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I've never been a representational artist at all. Most artists have been representational. That's when you discover yourself.
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