Sublime

Cubism as practised by its inventors and chief interpreters – Picasso, Braque, Léger, and Gris –

It was probably just as well. The man was Max Ernst, not merely an artist whose work Joe admired but a committed anti-fascist, public enemy of the Nazis, and fellow exile.

Picasso was perhaps the most restless, experimental, and productive artist who ever lived. But everything had to be done at top speed. He was incapable of lavishing care, time, or sustained effort on a work of art. By 1900 he was turning out a painting every morning, and doing other things in the afternoon.

the writer Charles Bukowski said: ‘Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.’

His brother’s life often reminded him of a soap opera written in crayon.