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# A Man Is Born An Artist As A Hippopotamus Is Born
- URL: https://www.cjchilvers.com/blog/a-man-is-born-an-artist-as-a-hippopotamus-is-born/
- Published: 2014-10-24T17:37:26.000Z
- Updated: 2014-10-24T17:37:26.000Z
- Author: CJ Chilvers
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> “A man is born an artist as a hippopotamus is born a hippopotamus; and you can no more make yourself one than you can make yourself a giraffe.”  
>  
> — John Ruskin