Artist Quote by Georges Braque

I carried on buying paintings, works of art, and Yves Saint Laurent, if I may say so, had a right of inspection. We even…

— Pierre Berge

A German officer visited Picasso in his Paris studio during the Second World War. There he saw Guernica and, shocked at the modernist «chaos»…

— Slavoj Žižek

We would get 20 different angles and then cut them all together. That's what I called it at the time - the 'cubistic' treatment…

— Steve Sabol

Most people don't do something seminal. I've done it twice: with my tent and my bed. Picasso did it with Cubism.

— Tracey Emin

“The reason for which Picasso was compelled to resort to signs and allegories should now be clear enough: his utter political helplessness in the…

— Max Raphael

I thought that from the moment someone else could do the same as myself, there was no difference between the pictures and they should…

— Georges Braque

Every time somebody writes a theory about where literature's going, that person is not only contributing thought but nudging things to happen in one…

— Ted Kooser

My father was also a painter - actually, a traditional Chinese painter. His personality is pretty timid and cautious. Like him, I was growing…

— Cai Guo-Qiang

Every so often, a painter has to destroy painting. Cezanne did it, Picasso did it with Cubism. Then Pollock did it. He busted our…

— Willem de Kooning

The things that Picasso and I said to one another during those years will never be said again, and even if they were, no…

— Georges Braque

People say, 'Oh, to be the daughter of Picasso!' But it's not as extravagant as it seems. He was very special, very vibrant, but…

— Paloma Picasso

“There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. —Pablo Picasso”

— Edward B. Burger