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Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso

Spanish painter and one of the most influential figures in 20th-century art. Picasso is renowned for his unique artistic style and prolific career, encompassing various fields such as painting, sculpture, and printmaking. His paintings have gone through several phases, from the early Blue Period to the later Cubism, profoundly impacting 20th-century art. more

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“There is the falsely mystical view of art that assumes a kind of supernatural inspiration, a possession by universal forces unrelated to questions of power and privilege or the artist's relation to bread and blood. In this view, the channel of art can only become clogged and misdirected by the artist's concern with merely temporary and local disturbances. The song is higher than the struggle.”

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“Modern pictures are, no doubt, delightful to look at. At least, some of them are. But they are quite impossible to live with; they are too clever, too assertive, too intellectual. Their meaning is too obvious, and their method too clearly defined. One”

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