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It is impossible for me to envisage a picture as being other than a window, and why my first concern is then to know what it looks out on.

Andre Breton

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Andre Breton
Age: 70 †
Born: 1896
Born: February 18
Died: 1966
Died: September 28
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D'André Breton
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René Dobrant
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