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Decadence attracts me. It suggests a new world, and, for me, society's struggle between life and death is absolutely beautiful.

Yves Saint Laurent

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Yves Saint Laurent
Age: 71 †
Born: 1936
Born: August 1
Died: 2008
Died: June 1
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