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A terrible thing has happened to me: I believe I am finding God.

— Albert Gleizes

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Quote of Gleizes, 1918; as cited by Daniel Robbins, in Albert Gleizes 1881 – 1953, A Retrospective Exhibition, published by The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, 1964 - in collaboration with Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris & Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund

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remark to his wife Juliette Roche during the winter of 1918 at the Gleizes' rented house in Pelham, New York

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