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I wonder why we are always sort of ashamed of our best parts and try to hide them. We don't mind ridicule of our 'sillinesses' but of our 'sobers'.

Emily Carr

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Emily Carr
Age: 73 †
Born: 1871
Born: December 13
Died: 1945
Died: March 2
Artist
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M. Emily Carr
Emily M. Carr
Klee Wyck
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Perfectly ordered disorder designed with a helter-skelter magnificence.
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