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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