People want to find a 'meaning' in everything and everyone. That's the disease of our age, an age that is anything but practical but believes itself to be more practical than any other age. - Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
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人々はあらゆる物や人に「意味」を見つけたいのだ。それは我々の時代の病、決して現実的ではないのに他のどの時代よりも現実的だと信じている時代の病だ。 - パブロ・ピカソ (1881 - 1973)
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