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[Pablo] Picasso really changed my life. It's strange to say so, but I started to see some Picasso paintings very early. I was very young, and he was not so much known.

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Agnes Varda
Age: 90 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 30
Died: 2019
Died: March 29
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