"Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird?"
"They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order that they can sing better."
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Source: Neil Cox, Pablo Picasso, Deborah Povey (1995). “A Picasso bestiary”, Academy Editions Ltd
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