The blue period was not a question of color. It was an inner necessity to paint like that.

Pablo Picasso

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Artistic expression Self-expression Art

Speaker

Pablo Picasso

Source

Vogue

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

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Spain Europe

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Citation

Picasso, Pablo. "Picasso." Interviewed by Alexander Liberman. Vogue, 1 Nov. 1956.

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Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

First Inaugural Address of Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Speaker
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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
English
Time
1953 1950s 20th century
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Eisenhower, Dwight D. "First Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1953, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Much of modern art is devoted to lowering the threshold of what is terrible. By getting us used to what, formerly, we could not bear to see or hear, because it was too shocking, painful, or embarrassing, art changes morals.

Susan Sontag

Freak Show

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Modern art Power of art Art

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Susan Sontag
Source
Freak Show The New York Review of Books
Medium
Essay Magazine
Language
English
Time
1973 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Sontag, Susan. "Freak Show." The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 1973.