Wallace Stevens' poem "The Man with the Blue Guitar" is an excellent companion piece. To assist us realize the reality, the poet puts words to Picasso's view that art is a falsehood. " 'You have a blue guitar,' they observed, and 'you don't play things as they are.' 'Things as they are/Are altered upon the blue guitar,' the man responded." He goes on to explain that the world as it appears to others is not the same as it is for him. His vision allows him to see beyond what others think is important or relevant which makes him different from everyone else. He is a man of many talents who uses his imagination to create pictures that speak to him and move him. Picasso also believed that music could capture emotions that words cannot express. It is possible that he was referring to this poem when he said, "Music is the most powerful instrument in the world because it can transform an empty room into a living presence." Picasso saw beauty in everything including violence and destruction, subjects that are not usually associated with artists of his stature. But he also viewed humanity in a positive light, especially those who were less fortunate than he was. So even though this poem may be about a man with blue guitar, it also speaks to anyone who has felt alone in this world.