1956

Explore 43 quotes from the year 1956

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

Pablo Picasso

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Topic

Artistic expression Self-expression Art

Speaker

Pablo Picasso

Source

Vogue

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

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

Immature love says: "I love you because I need you." Mature love says: "I need you because I love you."

Erich Fromm

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Author

Erich Fromm

Source

The Art of Loving

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fromm, Erich. The Art of Loving. Harper & Brothers, 1956, ch. 2.

There's a helluva distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words.

Dorothy Parker

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Topic

Jokes

Author

Dorothy Parker

Source

Paris Review

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Parker, Dorothy. "The Art of Fiction." The Paris Review, Summer 1956, Issue 13, p. 80.