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Andre Breton

(1896 - 1966 / France)

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Andre Breton was born at Tinchebray (Orne) in 1896. Initially he began training in medicine. However, he soon realised that it would be poetry which would be his true vocation. His early influences tended towards the path of symbolism however with his call up for the first world war their arrived a change in outlook and influence on the young breton. The two main influences on Breton were Jacques Vache and Guillaume. Guillaume, presented new forms of poetry whilst Vache disregard for all forms of literature intrigued Breton. more >>

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Leave everything. Leave Dada. Leave your wife. Leave your mistress. Leave your hopes and fears. Leave your children in the woods. Leave the substance for the shadow. Leave your easy life, leave what y...

André Breton (1896-1966), French Surrealist. "Lâchez tout!" Les Pas Perdus (1924).

''Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession.''

André Breton (1896-1966), French surrealist. Mad Love, ch. 3 (1937, trans. 1987).

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