Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy.

Non, la peinture n'est pas faite pour décorer les appartements. C'est un instrument de guerre offensive et défensive contre l'ennemi.

Pablo Picasso

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Topic

Painting Purpose of art Art

Speaker

Pablo Picasso

Medium

Interview

Language

French

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

Spain Europe

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Citation

Picasso, Pablo. "Picasso n'est pas officier dans l'armee Francaise." Interviewed by Simon Tery. Les Lettres Francaise, 24 Mar. 1945.

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Another quote from the 1940s

The stuff that dreams are made of.

Samuel Spade

The Maltese Falcon

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Dreams
Speaker
Samuel Spade
Actor
Humphrey Bogart
Source
The Maltese Falcon
Medium
Film
Genre
Film noir Crime (film) Crime
Language
English
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
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Citation

The Maltese Falcon. Directed by John Huston, Warner Bros., 1941.

Another quote about Art

The most perfect of all works of art is true political freedom.

Friedrich Schiller

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Topic
Freedom Art

Author

Friedrich Schiller
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1794 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Schiller, Friedrich. "Über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen in einer Reihe von Briefen [On the Aesthetic Education of Man]." Horen, Jan. 1795, letter 2.

Current Citation

Schiller, Friedrich. On the Aesthetic Education of Man, edited by Alexander Schimidt, translated by Kenneth Tribe. Penguin Classics, 2016, letter 2.

Another quote from 1945

At first it was a giant column that soon took the shape of a supramundane mushroom.

William L. Laurence

The New York Times

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Topic
Nuclear weapons

Author

William L. Laurence
Source
The New York Times
Medium
Newspaper
Language
English
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Laurence, William L. "Drama of the Atomic Bomb Found Climax in July 16 Test; Drama of the Atomic Bomb Found Climax in New Mexico Test Caravan of Scientists by Night Directions for Observers' Safety Roar Reverberations Over Desert." The New York Times, 26 Sept. 1945.

Another quote originally in French

France cannot be France without greatness.

Charles de Gaulle

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Topic
France

Author

Charles de Gaulle
Source
L'Appel
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
French
Time
1954 1950s 20th century
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Original Citation

De Gaulle, Charles. "L'Appel, 1940-1942." Mémoires de Guerre [War Memories]. c. 1954, ch. 1.

Current Citation

De Gaulle, Charles. The Complete War Memoirs of Charles De Gaulle. Carroll & Graf Pub, 1998, vol. 1, ch. 1.