Capacity Quote by Andre Breton

“The eye is not open when it is limited to the passive role of a mirror... if it has only the capacity to reflect.”

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Capacity Eye Ifs Mirrors Passive Roles

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...with the end of my breath, which is the beginning of yours.

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