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I am always watching for fear of getting feeble and passé in my work. I don't want to trickle out. I want to pour till the pail is empty, the last bit going out in a gush, not in drops.

Emily Carr

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Emily Carr
Age: 73 †
Born: 1871
Born: December 13
Died: 1945
Died: March 2
Artist
Autobiographer
Painter
Writer
M. Emily Carr
Emily M. Carr
Klee Wyck
Always
Empty
Trickle
Bits
Feeble
Getting
Drops
Lasts
Pour
Last
Abundance
Fear
Till
Going
Pass
Pail
Work
Watching
Gush

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