Georges Braque

«I never had the intention of becoming a painter, as I never thought of breathing (...) If I had a purpose, it was to make myself day by day. Realizing me it happens that what I do looks like a picture. And I go on this road, that's all»

Braque, exhibition catalog at Accademia di Francia - Villa Medici, Roma 1974, De Luca Editore, 1974