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La Vie
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My studio is a sort of laboratory. . . . On occasion my paintings have beauty . . . but what matters is how they are created—every line that is added, the transition from one stage to another. That is what painting is about, part poetry, part philosophy.1(p38)—Pablo Picasso
I certainly had no intention of painting symbols; I just painted the images that rose before my eyes. It is for other people to find hidden meanings in them. As far as I am concerned, a painting speaks for itself.2(p121)—Pablo Picasso
PABLO RUIZ PICASSO (1881-1973) came to Paris, France, the week of October 15, 1900, shortly before his 19th birthday. He traveled with his friend Carlos Casagemas, who was to commit suicide the following February after being rejected by Germaine, the woman he loved. They went together to see Picasso's painting Last Moments (exhibited in Spain as . . . [Full Text of this Article]
James C. Harris, MD
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