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First of all, I should preface this by the observation that artists are not the best judges of what they've done and the word definitive does not belong, in my opinion, in any conversation about art. When somebody says it's the definitive something, I'm always recoiling.

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Nicholas Meyer
Age: 78
Born: 1945
Born: December 24
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