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The soul will always do what it needs to do.

Tracey Emin

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Tracey Emin
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: July 3
Artist
Conceptual Artist
Drawer
Installation Artist
Painter
Photographer
Printmaker
Sales Representative
Sculptor
Video Artist
Tracey Karima Emin
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