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An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.

Henry Miller

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Henry Miller
Age: 88 †
Born: 1891
Born: December 26
Died: 1980
Died: June 7
Essayist
Novelist
Painter
Writer
New York City
New York
Genri Miller
Henri Miller
Phineas Flapdoodle
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Always
Loneliness
Solitude
Lonely
Alone
Artist
Music

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