Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
Picasso never thought of himself as avant-garde. I just find it a bad way to think of yourself.
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A country's assets reside in the tinkerers, the hobbyists, and the risk-takers.
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Picasso never thought of himself as avant-garde. I just find it a bad way to think of yourself.
