Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Braque and Picasso


George Braque once said of Picasso, the artist in collaboration with whom he changed the course of twentieth-century art, that "he used to be a great painter. Now he is merely a genius."

--Ben Eastham, "Genius among the beasts," The Times Literary Supplement (July 25, 2014), p. 18

1 comment:

The Speaker said...

Guess that's true. He did stop trying to establish anything with painting, and just reverted to simian genius.