Able Quote by Walter Darby Bannard

As a movement Cubism had consistently stopped short of complete abstraction. Heretics such as Delaunay had painted pure abstractions but in so doing had…

— Alfred H. Barr, Jr

If we had never met Picasso, would Cubism have been what it is? I think not. The meeting with Picasso was a circumstance in…

— Georges Braque

No artist produces great art by a deliberate attempt to express his own personality.

— T. S. Eliot

The great painter has something to say. He does not paint men, landscapes, or furniture; but an idea.

— Robert Henri

You can't stop an artist from expressing his views through art.

— Raftaar

Cubism is not a manner but an aesthetic, and even a state of mind; it is therefore inevitably connected with every manifestation of contemporary…

— Juan Gris

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 painter unfolds that which has not been seen.

— Paul Cezanne

Most artists never get a chance to be Picasso, but that doesn't mean you would stop painting.

— Teddy Thompson

When Picasso paints as a cubist, putting one tone next to another, the arrangement of planes is fine and the results very storng. But…

— Aristide Maillol

Every successful painter has worked hard. He cannot rest after having gained a certain degree of facility in drawing, and expect to retain it.…

— Walter J. Phillips

The character of the artist doesn't enter into the nature of the art

— Lucian Freud