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With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Brian Sewell

Born: July 15, 1931
Died: September 19, 2015 (aged 84)
Bio: Brian Sewell was an English art critic and media personality. He wrote for the London Evening Standard and was noted for his acerbic view of conceptual art and the Turner Prize.
Known for:
- The White Umbrella (2015)
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