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I believe there is little to gain by exchanging opinions with other artists concerning either the ideology of art or technical methods. Very much alone in my work, I am almost jealous of it. Geography has no bearing on it, nor have the interests of the community in which I work.

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The painting develops before my eyes, unfolding its surprises as it progresses. It is this which gives me the sense of complete liberty, and for this reason I am incapable of forming a plan or making a sketch beforehand.

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Yves Tanguy

Yves Tanguy

Born: January 5, 1900
Died: January 15, 1955 (aged 55)
Bio: Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy, known as Yves Tanguy, was a French surrealist painter.
Known for:
  1. Mama, Papa Is Wounded! (1927)
  2. Extinction of Useless Lights (1927)
  3. Reply to Red (1943)
  4. Slowly Toward the North (1942)
  5. Multiplication of the Arcs (1954)

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