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FRIDA KAHLO ~ ON LAUGHING

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“Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light. Tragedy is the most ridiculous thing.”

― Frida Kahlo

Guillermo Davila:
Frida Kahlo, 1929

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SALVADOR DALI ~ ON SURREALISM

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“Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete and classic as the works of museums.”
― Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí et son Buste, 1974

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Still life by Giorgio Morandi

THE SURREALITY OF GIORGIO MORANDI

THE SURREALITY/REALITY OF GIORGIO MORANDI. Giorgio Morandi (1890 -1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker. “There is nothing more surreal,

LEONARDO DA VINCI ~ TIME

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I have wasted my hours.
Leonardo da Vinci

The Hours
Arthur Hacker – 1906

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GEORGIA O’KEEFFE ~ THE FOOLISHNESS OF BEING HAPPY

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Alfred Stieglitz 1918, portrait de Georgia O’Keeffe

“I think it’s so foolish for people to want to be happy. Happy is so momentary–you’re happy for an instant and then you start thinking again. Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.”
― Georgia O’Keeffe

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GEORGIA O'KEEFFE ~ THE FOOLISHNESS OF BEING HAPPY

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Alfred Stieglitz 1918, portrait de Georgia O’Keeffe

“I think it’s so foolish for people to want to be happy. Happy is so momentary–you’re happy for an instant and then you start thinking again. Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.”
― Georgia O’Keeffe

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PABLO PICASSO ~ WHAT IS AN ARTIST?

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“What do you think an artist is? …he is a political being, constantly aware of the heart breaking, passionate, or delightful things that happen in the world, shaping himself completely in their image. Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war.”
— Pablo Picasso

Picasso, The Tragedy, 1903

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SALVADOR DALI ~ ON CONFUSION

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“You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life”
― Salvador Dalí

Photo Dali and his wife Gala

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FERDINAND HODLER ~ ON ART

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“The work of art will bring to light a new order inherent in things…the idea of unity.”

Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918)

The Dream, 1897

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EMIL NOLDE ~ AN ILLUMINATING LIFE

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“Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties”

Emil Nolde  (1867-1956)

Mask Still Life III

1911

Irises and Poppies

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SALVADOR DALI ~ ON SURREALISM

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“Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.”
― Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí, painting The Temptation of St. Anthony, 1946

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