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When man resolved to imitate walking, he invented the wheel, which does not look like a leg. In doing this, he was practicing surrealism without knowing it.

Guillaume Apollinaire

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Guillaume Apollinaire
Age: 38 †
Born: 1880
Born: August 26
Died: 1918
Died: November 10
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