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Contradiction Quote by Joan Miro

“The more ignoble I find life, the more strongly I…” quote by Joan Miro — Download Open image

“The more ignoble I find life, the more strongly I react by contradiction, in humour and in an outburst of liberty and expansion.”

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The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.

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What I will no longer accept is the mediocre life of a modest little gentleman.

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If you have any notion of where you are going, you will never get anywhere.

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