ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 8月29日 09時19分

“Art doesn’t come from what is around you, but from what is inside of you,” says the French painter and author Françoise Gilot. The 96-year-old — famously known as the former lover and muse to Pablo Picasso, and the mother of 2 of his children — has a book of sketches out this week. They were completed during her travels to India, Senegal and Venice between 1974 and 1981. While most artists use sketchbooks to harness their impressions into material for their work — to help them remember — she has used hers to forget. “Things I have seen, I want to take them out of my mind,” she told our reporter @laurenchristensen. When asked about her years with #Picasso — they were together for about 10 years, beginning when she was 21 and he was 61 — and the comparisons that have been made between their work, she replied with a sly grin: “Sometimes you need an umbrella when it rains.” But Françoise has hardly lived her life under the shelter of that umbrella. Dorothea Elkon, her New York gallery owner and longtime friend, stressed her fierce independence. And today, Françoise claims her art is not influenced by anyone. “I don’t believe in influences,” said the artist, who was photographed here by @jodyrogac. Picasso’s biographer John Richardson agreed: “Picasso took from her rather more than she took from him.” Visit the link in our profile to read more about #FrancoiseGilot’s new book of sketches. #?

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