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Art is an instrument in the war against the enemy.

Art is an instrument in the war against the enemy.

Pablo Picasso
Art, War, Enemy

Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war.

Pablo Picasso
War, Done, Painting
Pablo Picasso, Roland Penrose (Sir.) (1960). “Picasso”

No, painting is not interior decoration. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy.

Pablo Picasso
War, Enemy, Defense
Hans Ludwig C. Jaffé, Pablo Picasso (1983). “Pablo Picasso”, Harry N. Abrams

Whatever the source of emotion that drives me to create, I want to give it a form which has some connection with the visible world, even if it is only to wage war on that world....I want my paintings to be able to defend themselves to resist the invader, just as though there were razor blades on all surfaces so no one could touch them without cutting his hands.

Pablo Picasso
War, Cutting, Hands

Art isn't done to decorate apartments, but to wage war against the enemy.

Pablo Picasso
Art, War, Enemy

We might adapt for the artist the joke about there being nothing more dangerous than instruments of war in the hands of generals. In the same way, there is nothing more dangerous than justice in the hands of judges, and a paint brush in the hands of a painter! Just think of the danger to society! But today we haven't the heart to expel the painters and poets because we no longer admit to ourselves that there is any danger in keeping them in our midst.

Pablo Picasso
Art, War, Thinking

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
Motivational, Art, War

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