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Louis Orr

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Louis Orr was an American painter, etcher, and graphic artist whose career stretched across much of the twentieth century. Born in Hartford — most likely in 1879, though the exact date is uncertain — he worked across multiple visual disciplines, producing paintings alongside printed and graphic work.

The facts available about his early life are limited. He was born in Hartford, a United States citizen, and went on to build a body of work that drew on both painting and the more technically demanding craft of etching. The etching medium requires precision and patience, and Orr's identification as both an etcher and a graphic artist suggests he was engaged with printmaking as a serious and sustained practice, not merely an occasional pursuit alongside his painting.

He died in Paris, a detail that places him, at least in his later years, within the world of European art rather than solely on American soil. The year of his death is most reliably given as 1966, which would make his life span somewhere in the region of eighty-seven years, depending on which birth date is closest to accurate. That he ended his life in Paris rather than in his birthplace of Hartford points to a life that moved between continents, though the specific circumstances of that movement are not recorded in the available evidence.

What can be said with confidence is that Louis Orr worked as a painter, etcher, and graphic artist; that he was born in Hartford; and that he died in Paris in 1966. The breadth of his practice across those three disciplines, sustained over a long life, marks the essential outline of his career as the record currently allows it to be told.

Quotes by Louis Orr

This is the first time since I’ve been coaching that I gave them off on Christmas Day. Sometimes when you lose a game you want to get right back at it. But in reality I thank God we had an opportunity for our guys to be home with their families on Christmas.
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This is the first time since I’ve been coaching that I gave them off on Christmas Day. Sometimes when you lose a game you want to get right back at it. But in reality I thank God we had an opportunity for our guys to be home with their families on Christmas.
You shouldn't have to put the weight of the world on your shoulders every game. It should just happen.
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You shouldn't have to put the weight of the world on your shoulders every game. It should just happen.
Science will never be able to reduce the value of a sunset to arithmetic. Nor can it reduce friendship to formula. Laughter and love, pain and loneliness, the challenge of beauty and truth: these will always surpass the scientific mastery of nature.
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Science will never be able to reduce the value of a sunset to arithmetic. Nor can it reduce friendship to formula. Laughter and love, pain and loneliness, the challenge of beauty and truth: these will always surpass the scientific mastery of nature.
This is the first time since I've been coaching that I gave them off on Christmas Day. Sometimes when you lose a game you want to get right back at it. But in reality I thank God we had an opportunity for our guys to be home with their families on Christmas.
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This is the first time since I've been coaching that I gave them off on Christmas Day. Sometimes when you lose a game you want to get right back at it. But in reality I thank God we had an opportunity for our guys to be home with their families on Christmas.
He's unselfish. Copeland said he was ready, let's go. We made some free throws late, and Whitney and Copeland are one of the best inside-outside combinations in the conference.
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He's unselfish. Copeland said he was ready, let's go. We made some free throws late, and Whitney and Copeland are one of the best inside-outside combinations in the conference.
He's established himself as the leader of this team.
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He's established himself as the leader of this team.
Be focused but have fun. We play better when we're focused but when we're at ease.
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Be focused but have fun. We play better when we're focused but when we're at ease.
In the second half, a few turnovers hurt us. We have to sustain our confidence for two halves.
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In the second half, a few turnovers hurt us. We have to sustain our confidence for two halves.
I like to take my hat off to Kelly Whitney. He shared he ball, passed out (of the post) all game long. When you've got a guy like Kelly who's going to get so much attention, when he shares the ball like he did tonight, it shows he just wants to win.
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I like to take my hat off to Kelly Whitney. He shared he ball, passed out (of the post) all game long. When you've got a guy like Kelly who's going to get so much attention, when he shares the ball like he did tonight, it shows he just wants to win.
I know when our guys are focused. One of the things is not putting too much pressure on yourself about having to play a perfect game. Go out there and let it hang loose. I know our guys will be ready to do that, without a doubt.
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I know when our guys are focused. One of the things is not putting too much pressure on yourself about having to play a perfect game. Go out there and let it hang loose. I know our guys will be ready to do that, without a doubt.
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