Art Quote by Georges Braque

“Art is made to disturb. Science reassures. There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain.”

Georges Braque

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We will never have repose. The present is perpetual.

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Scientific perspective forces the objects in a picture to disappear away from the beholder instead of bringing them within his reach as painting should.

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To define a thing is to substitute the definition for the thing itself.

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I do not think my painting has ever been revolutionary. It was not directed against any kind of painting. I have never wanted to…

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There is more sensitivity in technique than in the rest of the picture.

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The function of Art is to disturb. Science reassures.

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