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I paint with a language I can call my own... it takes a ruthless honesty with oneself. If one admires or is influenced by anyone else, one is not being true to oneself.

Scott Kahn

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Scott Kahn
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 1
Artist
Painter
Springfield
Massachusetts
Anyone
Ruthless
Language
Influenced
Else
Admire
True
Honesty
Oneself
Paint
Takes
Call
Admires

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The voice will always be heard, even if the song is very different.
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