p. 16
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You put a blob of yellow here, and another at the further edge of the canvas: straight away a rapport is established between them. Colour acts in the way that music does, if you like.. .There is more sensitivity in technique than in the rest of the picture.
— Georges Braque
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Source: Wikiquote: "Georges Braque" (Quotes of Georges Braque: chronologically arranged, after the date of the quotes by Georges Braque, 1946 - 1963, 'Cahiers d'art', 1954: Quotes of Braque from: Cahiers d'art, Paris 1954, by Dora Vallier - Paris 1954)
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About Georges Braque
Georges Braque (13 May 1882 – 31 August 1963) was a French painter and sculptor. He was one of the French Fauve painters, circa 1906. From 1908 he initiated, in close cooperation with Pablo Picasso, the first step of Cubism.
About Georges Braque
Georges Braque (13 May 1882 – 31 August 1963) was a French painter and sculptor. He was one of the French Fauve painters, circa 1906. From 1908 he initiated, in close cooperation with Pablo Picasso, the first step of Cubism.
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