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You can't dance to paintings. This is something Ben said, during one of our White Cube conversations, back when I was still wrong about him. He said it even though, at the time, he was desperately trying to be a painter. He said it because it was true and not because it was something either of us wanted to hear.
You can't dance to paintings. This is something Ben said, during one of our White Cube conversations, back when I was still wrong about him. He said it even though, at the time, he was desperately trying to be a painter. He said it because it was true and not because it was something either of us wanted to hear.
Approximate author period: c. 1984 AD · modern
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- Sara Baume
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- Approximate author period: c. 1984 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Sara Baume: documented birth year 1984; activity date not established. Wikidata Q29167923, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29167923 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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