Picasso is taking Cézannes elements - the cone, cylinder and — Pablo Picasso | Quote

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"Picasso is taking Cézannes elements - the cone, cylinder and sphere - into Cubism. Matisse is taking Cézannes interest in the wholeness and the clarity of figures. Theyre taking almost opposite interpretations of what they see in Cézanne: Picasso is understanding it as decomposition, and Matisse is understanding it as composition."

Pablo Picasso

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Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish painter and sculptor who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Dem