Saturday, December 4, 2010

Deep art thought

Art is the lie that tells the truth.
Picasso

What do you think?

Alicia

3 comments:

  1. That made my head hurt. :)

    I can't get past the first part of that sentence - "art is the lie." I love that it came from Picasso, because he pushed the boundaries so much that he sold us on that "lie." But he's right - there's truth in it.

    I need an Advil. LOL

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  2. I often think that "reality" is the lie. :)
    alicia

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  3. I had an MS that I wanted to use that as an epigraph for. Took me forever to source it, but the full version was:

    El arte es una mentira que nos hace darnos cuenta de la verdad.

    Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.

    Pablo Picasso
    Interview
    21 Sept 1958

    http://akermariano.blogspot.com/2006/11/way-i-love-you-cmo-te-quiero.html

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