"Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird?"
"The trouble is, we've been taught what to see and how to render what we see. If only we could be in the position of those men who did those wonderful drawings in Lascaux and Altimira!"
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Source: Pablo Picasso, David F. Setford, Norton Gallery and School of Art (1994). “Pablo Picasso: a vision”, Norton Gallery & School of Art
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