To explain away the mystery of a great painting - if such a feat were possible - would do irreparable harm... If… — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry. — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
Poetry' is what distinguishes the cubist paintings Picasso and I arrived at intuitively from the lifeless sort of painting those who followed… — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
The starting point of a picture for any painter is a matter of colors and form...I believe that the poetry of art… — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
I have made a great discovery. I no longer believe in anything. Objects don't exist for me except in so far as… — 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
