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You'd have to be completely crazy not to be influenced by and take from other artists. It's completely impossible not to.

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Maira Kalman
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 1
Blogger
Illustrator
Writer
Tel Aviv
Israel
Maira Berman
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