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Quote by Joseph Beuys
Everyone is an artist.
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The statement uses “artist” in a broad sense. It says that every person has the ability to create or express something, rather than limiting art to trained professionals. The focus is on shared human creativity: making, shaping, or communicating something can be understood as an artistic act.
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