Beckett, Andy. "Arts: A Strange Case", The Independent, 12 November 1995
• Talking about when he worked as a builder after college
• Talking about when he worked as a builder after college
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I was with this guy who was a plasterer, and at lunchtime he was eating a stuffed heart . . . I was thinking, "I'm not like these guys. I'm an artist." And I saw a bee come over to some flowers and get all the pollen out. I was looking and thinking, "How does it do that?" And then the guy who was eating the stuffed heart said, "How does that bee do that?"
— Beck on Damien Hirst
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I was with this guy who was a plasterer, and at lunchtime he was eating a stuffed heart . . . I was thinking, "I'm not like these guys. I'm an artist." And I saw a bee come over to some flowers and get all the pollen out. I was looking and thinking, "How does it do that?" And then the guy who was eating the stuffed heart said, "How does that bee do that?"" in the context of "Beckett, Andy. "Arts: A Strange Case", The Independent, 12 November 1995
• Talking about when he worked as a builder after college" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Beck
Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
About Beck
Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
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