The only valid thing in art is that which cannot be explained.

Georges Braque

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The mysterious Art

Author

Georges Braque

Medium

Interview

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Unclear

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

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France Europe

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Citation

Braque, George. Interviewed by John Richardson. New York Graphic Society, 1957.

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A single sentence will suffice for modern man: he fornicated and read the papers.

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Painting isn't an aesthetic operation; it's a form of magic designed as a mediator between this strange hostile world and us, a way of seizing the power by giving form to our terrors as well as our desires.

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Pablo Picasso
Time
1964 1960s 20th century
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Picasso, Pablo. Quoted in Life with Picasso, written by Francoise Gilot and Carlton Lake. McGraw-Hill, 1964, pt. 6.