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Somehow, the French got this idea of the starving artist. Very romantic, except it's not so romantic for the starving artist.

Somehow, the French got this idea of the starving artist. Very romantic, except it's not so romantic for the starving artist.

Approximate author period: c. 1967 AD · modern

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David Lynch
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Approximate author period: c. 1967 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for David Lynch: documented activity in 1967. Wikidata Q2071, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2071 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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