“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.”
Art
“My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.”
MomAll Quotes by Pablo Picasso
“It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.”
Work“Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.”
Work“Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.”
Art“I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.”
Money“Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.”
Computers“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“Youth has no age.”
Age“Action is the foundational key to all success.”
Success“God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things.”
God“Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.”
Success“Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.”
Art“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.”
Art“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“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“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”
Learning“If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme.”
Truth“There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats.”
Women“Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.”
Art“My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.”
Mom