"The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from anywhere: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape."

Or so said Pablo Picasso. OK, while you may not yet be able to depict the Cubist movement to an uninformed French colleague, after getting familiar with the basic French terms for forms and shapes, you may be able to wing it into some chic Parisien art exhibition - et ça suffit, non?

Shapes | Les Formes