Creative Quotations from Francis Picabia (1879-1953)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Francis Picabia
(1879-1953) born on Jan 22

French "painter, illustrator, designer, editor". "He was successively involved with the Cubist, Dadaist, and Surrealist movements."

Good taste is as tiring as good company.

"Pain has its reasons, pleasure is totally indifferent."

Only useless things are indispensable.

The essence of a man is found in his faults.

My arse contemplates those who talk behind my back.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
R:	""Who Knows: Poems and Aphorisms," p. 50, 1950; 1986."
A:	""Dactylocoque," in "Littérature," (Second Series, Paris), 1 Dec 1922."
N:	"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
K:	""391," no. 15, 10 Jul 1921; repr. in "Yes No: Poems and Sayings," "Sayings," ed. by Rémy Hall, 1990."