“Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.”– Pablo Picasso Related Quotes “When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.”– Robert Mapplethorpe “Art is an attempt to integrate evil.”– Simone de Beauvoir “Many art-worlders have an if-you-say-so approach to art: Everyone is so scared of missing out on the next hot artist that it’s never clear whether people are liking work because they like it or because other people do. Everyone is keeping up with the Joneses, and there are more Joneses than ever.”– Jerry Saltz