Pablo Picasso Quote

When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume, through successive eliminations, you arrive inevitably at the egg. Likewise, starting with the egg and following the same process in reverse, one finishes with the portrait.

Intransigeant, 15 June 1932

When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume, through successive eliminations, you arrive inevitably at the egg....

When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume, through successive eliminations, you arrive inevitably at the egg....

When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume, through successive eliminations, you arrive inevitably at the egg....

When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume, through successive eliminations, you arrive inevitably at the egg....