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It's when you've found out how to do certain things, that it's time to stop doing them, because what's missing is that you're not including the risk.

Robert Rauschenberg

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Robert Rauschenberg
Age: 82 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 22
Died: 2008
Died: May 12
Artist
Choreographer
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Painter
Performance Artist
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Printmaker
Sculptor
Port Arthur
Texas
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