"Suppose one were to make a copy of Las Meninas, if it were I, the moment would come when I would say to myself: suppose I moved this figure a little to the right or a little to the left? If the case arose, I would do it my own way, forgetting Velazquez. Almost certainly I would be tempted to modify the light or arrange it differently in view of the changed positions of the figures. Gradually I would create a painting of Las Meninas sure to horrify the specialist in the copying of old masters; it would not be the one he would have thought he saw in Velasquez's canvas, it would be my Las Meninas." - P.R.Picasso.
Picasso Museum. Barcelona.
Lovely weekend.
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