The plate that a peasant eats his soup out of is more interesting to me than the ridiculously rich plates of rich people.

Joan Miró

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Topic

Peasants

Speaker

Joan Miró

Source

I Work Like a Gardener Joan Mirό: Selected Writings and Interviews

Medium

Interview

Language

Spanish

Time

1959 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

Spain Europe

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Citation

Miró, Joan. Interviewed by Yvon Taillandier. 1958.

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Then I hurry straight home and pack
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Language
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Time
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Another quote originally in Spanish

The metaphor is probably the most fertile power possessed by man.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

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Jose Ortega y Gasset
Medium
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Language
Spanish
Time
1925 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Ortega y Gasset, Jose. La deshumanización del Arte e Ideas sobre la novela [The Dehumanization of Art and Ideas about the Novel]. Revista de Occidente, 1925.

Current Citation

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