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It is living and ceasing to live that are imaginary solutions. Existence is elsewhere.

Andre Breton

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Andre Breton
Age: 70 †
Born: 1896
Born: February 18
Died: 1966
Died: September 28
Art Theorist
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Andre Breton
D'André Breton
Andre Breto
René Dobrant
Surrealism
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Living
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