“I just want to encourage everyone to take this into their own hands, the educational process... We don't need a brilliant talent somewhere. Precisely the ability that one has at the moment must be put to work.”

—  Joseph Beuys

1970's, Every Man an Artist: Talks at Documenta 5', 1972

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German visual artist 1921–1986

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