"The only pictorial matter that is of..." - Quote by Pablo Picasso
The only pictorial matter that is of interest to me is the matter and sentiments brought about by the work itself.
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“I imitate everyone except myself.”
“Whatever the source of emotion that drives me to create, I want to give it a form which has some connection with the visible world, even if it is only to wage war on that world....I want my paintings to be able to defend themselves to resist the invader, just as though there were razor blades on all surfaces so no one could touch them without cutting his hands.”
“Good artists copy, great artists steal.”
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“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”
“I am in the lineage of Gil Scott-Heron, great activist-type artists. But I'm also in the lineage of a Miles Davis - you know, that liked nice things also.”
“When I sit down to write a book, I don't ask myself, "How many am I going to sell?"”
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“She loved with so much passion as she loved with ignorance. She did not know whether it were good or evil, beneficent or dangerous, necessary or accidental, eternal or transitory, permitted or prohibited: she loved.”
“Quelque e tendue d'esprit que l'on ait, l'on n'est capable que d'une grande passion. However vast a man's spirit, he is only capable of one great passion.”
“Our tears fatten upon our memories of joy.”