I like how the art that’s being posted on this site that you disagree with keeps provoking you to post art that you consider good.
Here’s what Picasso said once,
“It is not what the artist does that counts. But what he is. Cézanne would never have interested me if he had lived and thought like Jacques-Émile Blanche, even if the apple he had painted had been ten times more beautiful. What interests us is the anxiety of Cézanne, the teaching of Cézanne, the anguish of Van Gogh, in short the inner drama of the man. The rest is false.”
Well, Pablo and I can disagree on that. I believe that humans share something like 99.9% of the same experiences, so it’s not our experiences that set us apart, but our abilities.
It’s all too true, though. Would we remember Einstein if it weren’t for his haircut? And why have we forgotten all those other scientists with boring haircuts?
A source of endless amusement is how many people don’t know, or easily forget, what a master of formalist painting Picasso was before he branched off into Cubism. ^This is what you want to show anyone who looks at his more modern works & says something retarded like “my six-year-old could’ve painted this”.
Whenever I look at Picasso paintings, sketches and drawings, I think “What a mind, that he could produce that diversity!”. I think his earlier works are what he saw and his later pieces reflect what he thought.
KateTheGrey (#13458)
14 years ago
I worked at the Picasso museum for a year…look up the dimensions for “The First Communion”, which is the second painting posted. It’s quite large…having had to clean it twice…and this photo doesn’t do it justice either, it’s spectacularly detailed.
I’ll have to look for my pictures from the museum…he did paper cuttings as well that are incredible.
I like how the art that’s being posted on this site that you disagree with keeps provoking you to post art that you consider good.
Here’s what Picasso said once,
“It is not what the artist does that counts. But what he is. Cézanne would never have interested me if he had lived and thought like Jacques-Émile Blanche, even if the apple he had painted had been ten times more beautiful. What interests us is the anxiety of Cézanne, the teaching of Cézanne, the anguish of Van Gogh, in short the inner drama of the man. The rest is false.”
That is an awesome quote! And quite true, as well.
Poor Jacques-Émile Blanche….. 🙁
Well, Pablo and I can disagree on that. I believe that humans share something like 99.9% of the same experiences, so it’s not our experiences that set us apart, but our abilities.
It’s all too true, though. Would we remember Einstein if it weren’t for his haircut? And why have we forgotten all those other scientists with boring haircuts?
Marie Curie had a boring haircut.
Yes. But we might not remember what he looks like.
are the top and bottom ones self portraits?
yeah. what you said.
seriously. hes one fantastic artist
and does anyone know the name of that haircut?
i want that haircut!
is it called the picasso?
it’s called ‘the one ear’
youre thinking of van goh, man.
A source of endless amusement is how many people don’t know, or easily forget, what a master of formalist painting Picasso was before he branched off into Cubism. ^This is what you want to show anyone who looks at his more modern works & says something retarded like “my six-year-old could’ve painted this”.
Ex-fucking-ZACKLY!
His sentimental period,eh?
Whenever I look at Picasso paintings, sketches and drawings, I think “What a mind, that he could produce that diversity!”. I think his earlier works are what he saw and his later pieces reflect what he thought.
I worked at the Picasso museum for a year…look up the dimensions for “The First Communion”, which is the second painting posted. It’s quite large…having had to clean it twice…and this photo doesn’t do it justice either, it’s spectacularly detailed.
I’ll have to look for my pictures from the museum…he did paper cuttings as well that are incredible.
give ’em to us!
Oh, almost forgot. He began painting “The First Communion” when he was 14.
Picasso: Pure Fucking Genius.