“There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.”

— Pablo Picasso · Life quote

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. — Pablo Picasso quote card
Artist · 1881 – 1973

Pablo Picasso was a Spanish artist who co-founded Cubism and reinvented his style across a career of nearly eighty years. Works such as Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and Guernica made him the most famous and influential artist of the 20th century.

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