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The genuine artist is as much a dissatisfied person as the revolutionary, yet how diametrically opposed are the products each distills from his dissatisfaction.

Eric Hoffer

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Eric Hoffer
Age: 84 †
Born: 1898
Born: July 25
Died: 1983
Died: May 21
Philosopher
Psychologist
Writer
New York City
New York
Products
Artist
Distills
Art
Diametrically
Persons
Dissatisfied
Person
Dissatisfaction
Much
Opposed
Revolutionary
Genuine

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