Georges Braque

100 Great Paintings (137 art items)

"The Musician (1918)"

The Moral Imperative of Art (21 art items)

""Whatever is valuable in painting is precisely what one is incapable of talking about." "The only valid thing in art is that which cannot be explained. To explain away the mystery of a great painting – if such a feat were possible – would be irreparable harm.. .If there is no mystery than there is no 'poetry', the quality I value above all else in art. What do I mean by 'poetry'? It is to a painting what life is to man.. .For me it is a matter of harmony, of rapports, of rhythm and – most"