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Whoever uses the spirit that is in him creatively is an artist. To make living itself an art, that is the goal.

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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Living
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Artist
Spirit
Creatively
Art
Uses
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Whoever

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