Nature is a mere pretext for a decorative composition, plus sentiment. It suggests emotion, and I translate that emotion into art. — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
Art is made to disturb. Science reassures. There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain. — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
Writing is not describing, painting is not depicting. Verisimilitude is merely an illusion. — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
I am interposing overlaid planes a short way off... To make it understood that things are in front of each other instead of being… — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
I find that it is important to work slowly. Anyone who looks at such a canvas will follow the same path the artist took,… — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
To explain away the mystery of a great painting - if such a feat were possible - would do irreparable harm... If there is… — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
Scientific perspective forces the objects in a picture to disappear away from the beholder instead of bringing them within his reach as painting should. — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
To define a thing is to substitute the definition for the thing itself. — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
I do not think my painting has ever been revolutionary. It was not directed against any kind of painting. I have never wanted to… — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
There is more sensitivity in technique than in the rest of the picture. — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
Illusions... are simple facts, but they have been created by the mind, by the spirit, and they are one of the justifications of the… — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
