“I do not see why so much importance should be attached to the idea of 'research' in painting.”

— Pablo Picasso

Quote in "Picasso", Hans L. C. Jaffe, Thames and Hudson Ltd
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Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stag… 1881–1973

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