"What greatly attracted me - and it was the main line of advance of Cubism - was how to give material expression to this new space of which I had an inkling. So I began to paint chiefly still lifes, because in nature there is a tactile, I would almost say a manual space... that was the earliest Cubist painting - the quest for space."

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Source : "Letters of the Great Artists - From Blake to Pollock". Book by Richard Friedenthal, 1963.

Georges Braque

#Expression Quotes #Space Quotes #Giving Quotes

“The ultimate test of our spirituality is the measure of our amazement at the grace of God.”
“[ on the "tropicalization" of intellectual property laws ] To make the digital world join in the samba...”

Source : "We Pledge Allegiance to the Penguin" by Julian Dibbell, www.wired.com. November 01, 2004.
“Nuremberg taught me that creating a world of tolerance and compassion would be a long and arduous task. And I also learned that if we did not devote ourselves to developing effective world law, the same cruel mentality that made the Holocaust possible might one day destroy the entire human race.”
“Do you want to be an expert, or a master salesperson? You can only choose one.”
“Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.”
“These aren't like logging roads to get those blades in there. They're greater than 40 feet in width, almost like a superhighway.”
“And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and I was so deeply impressed I said I have to be a conductor.”
“I think musicals are a lowbrow, populist art form. And I don't mean lowbrow in a condescending way at all - they are designed to create delight, wonder, joy, surprise. And what becomes really interesting is when innovative or challenging or smart people take it and use the easy runway that the form allows to take people to another planet, or another place. Or subvert it in some way.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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