Quotes from the World for Sunday 01/20/MMXIII

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.

Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), Spanish artist. repr. In Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Picasso: Fifty Years of His Art (1946). “Picasso Speaks,” The Arts (New York, May 1923).