Albert Gleizes Quote

We laugh out loud when we think of all the novices who expiate their literal understanding of the remarks of a cubist and their faith in absolute truth by laboriously placing side by side the six faces of a cube and both ears of a model seen in profile.


c. 1911. As quoted by Anne Ganteführer-Trier, in 'Cubism, Taschen, 2004


We laugh out loud when we think of all the novices who expiate their literal understanding of the remarks of a cubist and their faith in absolute...

We laugh out loud when we think of all the novices who expiate their literal understanding of the remarks of a cubist and their faith in absolute...

We laugh out loud when we think of all the novices who expiate their literal understanding of the remarks of a cubist and their faith in absolute...

We laugh out loud when we think of all the novices who expiate their literal understanding of the remarks of a cubist and their faith in absolute...