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Much of our lives involves the word “no.” In school we are mostly told, “Don't do it this way. Do it that way.” But art is the big yes. In art, you get a chance to make something where there was nothing.
Marvin Bell
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Marvin Bell
Age: 83 †
Born: 1937
Born: August 3
Died: 2020
Died: December 14
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New York
Marvin Hartley Bell
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