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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.

Carl Andre

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Carl Andre
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: September 16
Artist
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Quincy
Massachusetts
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