"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth."
-Pablo Picasso
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"My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.“
-Pablo Picasso
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"We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand."
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"God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things."
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"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."
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"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
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"The chief enemy of creativity is 'good' sense."
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