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> [Pablo Picasso said, "Art is the lie that tells the truth," and it's not a terribly radical statement. It's always been that you can tell truth through fiction. And this idea also comes from nuclear physics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/momus/pablo-picasso-said-art-is-the-lie-that-tells-the-truth-and-it-s-not-a/)

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## More by Momus

> [Maybe it's the Calvinist guilt about capitalism or mercantilism. But, I like the idea of doing things that only exist for as long as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/momus/maybe-it-s-the-calvinist-guilt-about-capitalism-or-mercantilism-but-i/)

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> [I enjoy the optimism of design, even though we can see it as doomed. But I'm telling most people that I'm not writing about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/momus/i-enjoy-the-optimism-of-design-even-though-we-can-see-it-as-doomed/)

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> [If you're a poet and you're using rhyme, rhyme generates ideas. If you're a songwriter and you're using melody and words together, they bounce…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/momus/if-you-re-a-poet-and-you-re-using-rhyme-rhyme-generates-ideas-if-you/)

[Momus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/momus/)

> [Every lie creates a parallel world.. a world in which it is true](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/momus/every-lie-creates-a-parallel-world-a-world-in-which-it-is-true/)

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> [Pablo Picasso said, "Art is the lie that tells the truth," and it's not a terribly radical statement. It's always been that you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/momus/pablo-picasso-said-art-is-the-lie-that-tells-the-truth-and-it-s-not-a/)

[Momus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/momus/)

> [“God is a tender pervert, and the angels are voyeurs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/momus/god-is-a-tender-pervert-and-the-angels-are-voyeurs/)

[Momus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/momus/)

> [Design is interesting because it's utopian. Art is often a jaundiced commentary on contemporary life. Design is always about the future; it's always about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/momus/design-is-interesting-because-it-s-utopian-art-is-often-a-jaundiced/)

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> [If you look at the steps being taken towards Scottish independence, they're being dealt with politically in very dull and boring ways. So if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/momus/if-you-look-at-the-steps-being-taken-towards-scottish-independence/)

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> [Quantum physics says that there is an infinite number of possibilities and parallels to the one that we know, and every event is also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/momus/quantum-physics-says-that-there-is-an-infinite-number-of/)

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> [Franz Kafka once said that happiness consists in having an ideal and not progressing towards it. If you did progress towards it, you'd be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/momus/franz-kafka-once-said-that-happiness-consists-in-having-an-ideal-and/)

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> [I like the idea of doing things that only exist for as long as they exist, which are not archives, which are not sold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/momus/i-like-the-idea-of-doing-things-that-only-exist-for-as-long-as-they/)

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> [I'm bored with DJs. Anybody that puts the title DJ in front of their name immediately turns me off. I prefer the term "sampling,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/momus/i-m-bored-with-djs-anybody-that-puts-the-title-dj-in-front-of-their/)

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> [When you tell filthy jokes as if they were all really serious, and happening all in the life of one family, it becomes a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/momus/when-you-tell-filthy-jokes-as-if-they-were-all-really-serious-and/)

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