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I have changed my mind, and changed the trimmings of my cap this morning; they are now such as you suggested.

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Pablo Picasso

If I paint a hammer and sickle people may think it is a representation of Communism, but for me it is only a hammer and sickle. I just want to reproduce the objects for what they are, not for what they mean.

Mean, People, Reproduce, Sickle, Thinking
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You cannot go against nature. She is stronger than the strongest of men. We can permit ourselves some liberties, but in details only.

Details, Liberty, Men, Permit, Stronger

The people no longer seek consolation in art. But the refined people, the rich, the idlers seek the new, the extraordinary, the extravagant, the scandalous. I have contented these people with all the many bizarre things that come into my head. And the less they understand, the more they admire it. By amusing myself with all these games, all this nonsense, all these picture puzzles, I became famous. . . I am only a public entertainer who has understood his time.

Art, Became, Consolation, Extravagant, Games, People

Whatever is most abstract may perhaps be the summit of reality.

Abstract, May, Reality, Simplicity, Summit

What I achieve the first day can be perfectly valid, but it is not satisfying. If I can go that far spontaneously, then I must shed that result as an old skin and inquire further into the unknown, or at least the not-yet-known-to-myself.

Achieve, Firsts, Satisfying, Shed, Skins, Unknown

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.

Art, Lying, Realizing, Truth, Truthfulness
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