#art, Talking About Art, Chapter 1: Picasso

TALKING ABOUT ART

I know there are many art blogs out there, I read most, at least all those I can find, just like I read anything related to art that I can come across as well, and there are phenomenal YouTube channels dedicated to art and artists.

So, is mine (www.YouTube.com/@FranciscoBravoCabrera one more? I hope it will be just a little more than that and I will strive to always bring a fresh approach to the subject and to the artists that  we will discuss there. I promise to bring information, opinion and guests (from time to time) if you promise to hit that like button and to suggest what you would like to hear and see.

I have asked you on several occasions (on VALENCIARTIST) what is art. And I have gotten many very good and interesting replies. Some are highly philosophical, almost esoteric or mystical, others more practical and most seem to state that art is made by humans,  and that it is something pleasing to others eyes.

Artists throughout the years have also stated publicly what they thought art was. All spoken like artists. So I thought it would be interesting to survey several famous (well known) artists and see what they had to say about art…

And, naturally, I will start with my favourite, the genius of the XXth Century, Pablo Picasso. Of course, Picasso had a lot to say about art and he always spoke as an artist would and we will see just how real that was. So here are some of the quotes by Pablo Picasso:

 “Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand.”

«Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.»

“Good artists copy; great artists steal”

Of these my favourite is the last one, and I think when he said that he was being totally honest. I mean this is something all creative artists do in every artistic pursuit. But to steal, one has to know how to do it. It takes a very good thief to pull it off without being ridiculed or accused of plagiarism.

And Picasso was great (brilliant) at it. In his later periods he cannibalised the great masters…including himself…and produced something even better (sometimes). But whatever he stole, he made into something uniquely his and it was usually phenomenal.

More to come in chapter 2