Art Is Polymorphic. A Picture Appears To

In Art, Progress Lies Not In An Extension, But In A Knowledge Of Limitations.

I Couldn't Portray A Woman In All Her Natural Loveliness... I Haven't The Skill. No One Has. I Must, Therefore, Create A New Sort Of Beauty.

You Put A Blob Of Yellow Here, And Another At The Further Edge Of The Canvas: Straight Away A Rapport Is Established Between Them. Colour Acts In The Way That Music Does.

The Whole Renaissance Tradition Is Antipethic To Me. The Hard-and-fast Rules Of Perspective Which It Succeeded In Imposing On Art Were A Ghastly Mistake Which It Has Taken Four Centuries To Redress; Cezanne And After Him Picasso And Myself Can Take A Lot Of Credit For This. Scientific Perspective Forces The Objects In A Picture To Disappear Away From The Beholder Instead Of Bringing Them Within His Reach As Painting Should.

In A Painting, What Counts Is The Unexpected.