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I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else. After all, what is a painter? He is a collector who gets what he likes in others by painting them himself. This is how I begin and then it becomes something else.

— Pablo Picasso Attributed Ann Livermore (1988)

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It takes a very long time to become young.

For a long time I limited myself to one color — as a form of discipline.

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after the death of Matisse (1954)

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