To be a teacher is my greatest work of art.

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To be a teacher is my greatest work of art.

Joseph Beuys

Artforum · 1969

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Beuys, Joseph. "An Interview with Joseph Beuys." Interviewed by Willoughby Sharp. Artforum, Dec. 1969.

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