The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.
Art deals with profound and simple moods. . . . Let us suppose that the artist - in this instance (the artist )Picabia - gets a certain impression by looking at our skyscrapers, our city, our way of life, and that he tries to reproduce it. . . . he will convey it in plastic ways on the canvas, even though we see neither skyscrapers nor city on it.