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My ambition was not to be a great artist, but I have always wanted to be a man like any other man.
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The speaker says artistic greatness was never the main goal. Instead, he wanted to live as an ordinary person, “like any other man.” The quote places everyday human identity above the special status that may come with being called a great artist.
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