Quotes by Francis Picabia

Francis Picabia

Francis Picabia

French painter and poet

Lived from: 1879 - 1953

Category: Artists | Poets (Contemporary) Country: FlagFrance

Born: 22 january 1879 Died: 30 november 1953

  • A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone.

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  • A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself.
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  • A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone.
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  • All beliefs are bald ideas.
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  • Between my head and my hand, there is always the face of death.
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  • God invented concubinage, Satan marriage.
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  • Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth.
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  • Let us never forget that the greatest man is never more than an animal disguised as a god.
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  • Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery.
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  • Men have always need of god! A god to defend them against other men..
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  • My ass contemplates those who talk behind my back.
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  • Nature is unfair? So much the better, inequality is the only bearable thing, the monotony of equality can only lead us to boredom.
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  • Only useless things are indispensable.
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  • Pain has its reasons, pleasure is totally indifferent.
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  • Taste is tiring like good company.
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  • The essence of a man is found in his faults.
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  • The family spirit has rendered man carnivorous.
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  • The only way to win is to fight on the side of your adversaries.
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  • The world is divided into two categories: failures and unknowns.
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  • Wherever art appears, life disappears.
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  • Youth doesn't reason, it acts. The old man reasons and would like to make the others act in his place.
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What are the most famous quotes from Francis Picabia?

The two most famous quotes from Francis Picabia are:

  • "A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself."
  • "A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone."

When did Francis Picabia live?

Francis Picabia was born in 1879 and died in the year 1953.