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When one reaches this state of harmony between things and one's self, one reaches a state of perfect freedom and peace-which makes everything possible and right. Life becomes perpetual revelation.

Georges Braque

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Georges Braque
Age: 81 †
Born: 1882
Born: May 13
Died: 1963
Died: August 31
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