The only thing that's important is the legend created by the picture, and not whether it continues to exist itself.
Pablo PicassoAlmost every evening, either I went to [Georges] Braque's studio or Braque came to mine. Each of us had to see what the other had done during the day. We criticized each other's work. A canvas wasn't finished unless both of us felt it was.
Pablo PicassoWhen I paint a woman in an armchair, the armchair is there to show illness and death-or as a protection.
Pablo Picasso