all faces are as old as the world

The head the face the human body these are all that exist for Picasso. I remember once we were walking and we saw a learned man sitting on a bench, before the war a learned man could be sitting on a bench, and Picasso said, look at that face, it is as old as the world, all faces are as old as the world.


Picasso by Gertrude Stein. Courier Dover Publications. 1984. p.13