#picasso

You see, for me a painting is a dramatic action in the course of which the reality finds itself split apart. For me, that dramatic action takes precedence over all other considerations. The pure plastic act is only secondary as far as I'm concerned. What counts is the drama of that plastic art, the moment at which the universe comes out of itself and meets its own destruction. ↗

— Françoise Gilot

#painting #picasso #art

Picasso is a character that has pursued me for a long time and I always rejected. He deserves a lot of respect because I am from Malaga, and I was born four blocks from where he was born. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#am #because #blocks #born #character

Throughout my life, there are four people I've met who were truly original people. The other three were Groucho Marx, Jim Morrison, and Pablo Picasso. ↗

— Alice Cooper

#groucho #i #jim #life #marx

To model yourself after Steve Jobs is like, 'I'd like to paint like Picasso, what should I do? Should I use more red?' ↗

— Larry Ellison

#i #i do #jobs #like #model

Picasso, Michelangelo, possibly, might be verging on genius, but I don't think a painter like Rembrandt is a genius. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#i #like #michelangelo #might #painter

I think Picasso was, without doubt, the greatest portraitist of the 20th century, if not any other century. ↗

— David Hockney

#any #century #doubt #greatest #i

I was always struck by how Picasso had no interest in music. ↗

— David Hockney

#had #how #i #interest #music

Picasso is still influencing me. Of course, I haven't got that kind of energy, or skill. ↗

— David Hockney

#energy #got #haven #i #influencing