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It gave me great pleasure to think that I could take wood, make it good, and make people like Rockefeller buy it with paper money.
Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
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Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
Age: 88 †
Born: 1899
Born: September 23
Died: 1988
Died: April 17
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I'm in tune with the right vibrations in the universe when I'm in the process of working.
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It is as hard to take success as it is failure.
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In my studio I'm as happy as a cow in her stall. That's the only place where everything is all right.
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