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I find it impossible to think of a picture save as a window, and my first concern about a window is to find out what it looks out on... and there is nothing I love so much as something which stretches away from me out of sight.

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Andre Breton
Age: 70 †
Born: 1896
Born: February 18
Died: 1966
Died: September 28
Art Theorist
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Essayist
Novelist
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Chicago
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Andre Breton
D'André Breton
Andre Breto
René Dobrant
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Love
Away
Think
Find
Stretches
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Nothing
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