"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

13 May 2016

Happy birthday, Braque.

Braque, Houses at Estaque, 1908


To explain away the mystery of a great painting -- if such a feat were possible -- would do irreparable harm.  If there is no mystery, then there is no poetry, the quality I value above all else in art. 

Georges Braque

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