I want to reach people and express myself. You have to put … - Edie Sedgwick

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I want to reach people and express myself. You have to put up with the risk of being misunderstood if you are going to try to communicate. You have to put up with people projecting their own ideas, attitudes, misunderstanding you. But it's worth being a public fool if that's all you can be in order to communicate yourself.

Edie Sedgwick

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Edith Minturn "Edie" Sedgwick (20 April 1943 – 16 November 1971) was an American actress, socialite, and heiress who starred in many of Andy Warhol's short films in the 1960s.

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Birth Name: Edith Minturn Sedgwick

Alternative Names: Edith Minturn "Edie" Sedgwick • Edith Minturn Sedgwick Post • Edith Minturn

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