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"It means nothing to me. I have no opinion about it, and I don't care." On the first moon landing, quoted in The New York Times, (1969-07-21). https://en.wiki
by nsimoneaux 10y ago
"It means nothing to me. I have no opinion about it, and I don't care."
On the first moon landing, quoted in The New York Times, (1969-07-21).
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso
Curious about his feelings regarding this work. (I find it beautiful.)
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoFunny! That's exactly how I think of Picasso's work.
- prawn 10y agoHave you seen Guernica in Madrid?
- RBerenguel 10y agoOr for that matter, his "training period" works. I'm not a fan of abstract (Guernica, of course, is a symbol) and he was a very fine painter even taking off the weird eyes-out-of-face stuff he did (which is not to say it is bad, but it's not my style).
- mildbow 10y agoI have. And I still echo joe's comment.
- drzaiusapelord 10y agoJesus what a curmudgeon. I love how solidly he bought into the whole pretentious modern 'artiste' personality that is still being emulated today. I guess having a world weary 'fuck you' attitude is probably the social signaling you need to do to get your stuff into high-end galleries.
- scrumper 10y agoDid he buy in, or was he the source? A bit like how you can hear Chuck Yaeger in every US airline pilot's calm drawl.
- drzaiusapelord 10y agoEuropean bohemianism predates Picasso. I've always assumed that attitude was just another flavor of bohemianism.
- tripzilch 10y agohave you read other quotes about the moon landing? in terms of pretentiousness this is rather mild, he didn't even try to speak for "mankind" or "all the people on this earth".
- drzaiusapelord 10y agoActually he was a communist and painted portraits of Stalin. I suspect this was just a case of sour grapes.
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- onetwotree 10y agoHaha the guy was a really top notch troll.