“There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats.”
Women
“I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.”
HistoryAll Quotes by Pablo Picasso
“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”
Learning“Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.”
Happiness“We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.”
Art“What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.”
Great“The chief enemy of creativity is 'good' sense.”
Good“I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.”
History“The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.”
Art“Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don't start measuring her limbs.”
Art“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.”
Art“Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.”
Best“It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.”
Work“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
Art“Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.”
Art“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.”
Art“Good artists copy, great artists steal.”
Good“If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme.”
Truth“To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to be through with it, to kill it, to rid it of its soul, to give it its final blow the coup de grace for the painter as well as for the picture.”
Work“It takes a long time to become young.”
Age“Love is the greatest refreshment in life.”
Life