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Françoise Gilot was the only woman who ever left Pablo Picasso. She shared her remarkable story with Malte Herwig in many interviews, which became a book: "The Woman Who Says No". Hers is a story of passion, creativity, and courage in the face of artistic genius. In this episode, Malte and his two AI-Hosts Alex and Isabel explore her unique position as both an accomplished painter and the partner of the 20th century's most famous artist.
• Françoise Gilot was the only woman who said "no" to Picasso after a decade-long relationship
• Picasso exhibited intense jealousy when Matisse expressed interest in painting Gilot
• Gilot maintained her own artistic vision despite living in Picasso's shadow
• She characterized their relationship as "a catastrophe worth living"
• Gilot's fearlessness and quick intellect allowed her to challenge Picasso's attempts at control
• Her work is now featured in the Musée Picasso in Paris, a recognition of her artistic significance
• Even at 101 years old (before her death in 2023), Gilot maintained that taking risks is essential to truly living
If you don't take risk in life, it's not worth anything, in my opinion, because if you take risk, you have bad moments, but you also learn a lot of things and you are alive and you understand more and more. You don't understand less and less and you don't become dull, which is the worst you know to become dull.

Original interview (published in Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin):

https://sz-magazin.sueddeutsche.de/kunst/picasso-war-wie-ein-taliban-79086

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