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.

Pablo Picasso

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Painting Art

Speaker

Pablo Picasso

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

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Spain Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Picasso, Pablo. Quoted in Life with Picasso, written by Francoise Gilot and Carlton Lake. McGraw-Hill, 1964, pt. 6.

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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Medium
Speech
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1965 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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Horace
Source
Odes (Horace)
Medium
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Statement Type
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Language
Latin
Time
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Era
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Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

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Current Citation

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