"Instead of copying Nature, we [ Cubists ] create a 'milieu', of our own, wherein our sentiment can work itself out th…"

"So, music does not attempt to imitate Nature's sounds, but it does interpet and embody emotions awakened by Nature th…"

"Already, a conscious courage is coming to life. Here are some of the painters: Picasso, Georges Braque, Delaunay, Le …"

"Cézanne showed us forms living in the reality of light; Picasso gives us a material report of their real life in the …"

"It used to be said of a woman: why she's a Velázquez infanta! Now it is said: she's a Renoir blonde! I have no doubt …"

"To understand Paul Cézanne is to foresee Cubism. Henceforth we are justified in saying that between this school and p…"

"Some maintain that such a tendency distorts the curve of tradition. Do they derive their arguments from the future or…"

"Unless we are to condemn all modern painting, we must regard cubism as legitimate, for it continues modern methods, a…"

"Let the picture imitate nothing; let it nakedly present its raison d'être. We should indeed be ungrateful were we to …"

"My conviction was justified: art, that which lasts, is based on mathematics."