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The camera is an eye that sees and records the lives of filthy people. Its pictures are hung in museums and published in thick books that future generations can see how horrible life was.

David Shrigley

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David Shrigley
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: September 17
Drawer
Painter
Photographer
Sculptor
Visual Artist
Macclesfield
Cheshire
Life
Horrible
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Generations
Museums
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Books
Thick
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