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Photography has arrived at the point where it is capable of liberating painting from all literature, from the anecdote, and even from the subject. In any case, a certain aspect of the subject now belongs to the domain of photography. So shouldn't painters profit from their newly acquired liberty, and make use of it to do other things?

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Pablo Picasso
Age: 91 †
Born: 1881
Born: October 25
Died: 1973
Died: April 8
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