Truth exists; only lies are invented. — Georges Braque

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Personal journal

Truth exists; only lies are invented.

Georges Braque

1952

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Topic

Truth and lies Truth Lies

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Personal journal

Time

1952

Person

Georges Braque

Provenance

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Braque, Georges. Illustrated Notebooks: 1917-1955, translated by Stanley Appelbaum. Dover Publications, 1971.

Original citation

Braque, Georges. Le Jour et la nuit: Cahiers 1917-52. Gallimard, 1952.

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