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I take a cliche and try to organize its forms to make it monumental. The difference is often not great, but it is crucial.
Roy Lichtenstein
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Roy Lichtenstein
Age: 73 †
Born: 1923
Born: October 27
Died: 1997
Died: September 29
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I don't think that I'm over his influence but they probably don't look like Picassos Picasso himself would probably have thrown up looking at my pictures.
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