“Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.”– Pablo Picasso Related Quotes “Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.”– Franklin D. Roosevelt “To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts – such is the duty of the artist.”– Robert Schumann “Surely all art is the result of one’s having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, where no one can go any further.”– Rainer Maria Rilke