Quotes by Georges Braque

• Once an object has been incorporated in a picture it accepts a new destiny.
• Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas.
• Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry.
• There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain.
• To define a thing is to substitute the definition for the thing itself.
• Truth exists; only lies are invented.
• Art is made to disturb, science reassures.