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André Breton


Born
in Tinchebray, France
February 19, 1896

Died
September 28, 1966

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Arts & Photography

Influences
Tristan Tzara, Alfred Jarry, Lautréamont, Marquis de Sade, Sigmund Fre ...more


André Breton was a French writer, poet, and surrealist theorist, and is best known as the principal founder of Surrealism. His writings include the Surrealist Manifesto (Manifeste du surréalisme) of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism". ...more

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Nadja
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Manifestoes of Surrealism
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Mad Love
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Anthology of Black Humor
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Poems of André Breton: A B...
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The Magnetic Fields
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Surrealist Manifesto
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The Automatic Message: The ...
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Surrealism and Painting
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Arcanum 17: With Apertures
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Quotes by André Breton

“My wish is that you may be loved to the point of madness.”
― André Breton, What Is Surrealism?: Selected Writings
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“Life’s greatest gift is the freedom it leaves you to step out of it whenever you choose.”
― André Breton, Anthology of Black Humor
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“Tell me whom you haunt and I’ll tell you who you are.”
― Andre Breton
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