A Quote by William S. Burroughs

The photo collage is a way to travel that must be used with skill and precision if we are to arrive... The collage as a flexible hieroglyph language of juxtaposition: A collage makes a statement.

William S. Burroughs

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William S. Burroughs
American - Writer
February 5, 1914 - August 2, 1997

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