Edgar,
They are *ALL* great sayings.
They are also lies.
And therein, lies the truth.
;-)
--Joe
PS I tell you WHAT, I think what I honestly like the very best about
Picasso's art is his methods. In that way, he's a bit like a Zen teacher, for
ME: one who transmits methods. The methods I'm speaking of are ways of seeing,
and ways of representing. The ways of seeing, as they help me, are ways of
seeing reality and appreciating it, and ways of applying that seeing in order
to make stains on canvasses. His own ways of representing -- technical methods
of painting -- are also of great interest to me now, as a beginning painter.
But Picasso is not my Guru for painting! I don't have one, for painting. I
have none of Picasso's art, out and about, at home (except in books); what I
appreciate most, of his, again, are the methods, even though I don't know how
much I'll use his methods of representing. But, you know, it's hard to
separate his methods of seeing from his ways of representing. So, we'll "see".
It's early days, here.
> Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote:
>
> I don't think much of Picasso's art but I do really like his quote that "Art
> is lies that tell the truth."
>
> AND it's important to understand that quote applies ALSO to illusions in Zen.
>
> Illusions ARE lies that tell the truth. That is illusions are illusory but
> they reveal Buddha Nature.
>
> A great Zen saying from Picasso slightly altered!
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