“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
“If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme.”
TruthAll Quotes by Pablo Picasso
“The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.”
Art“The chief enemy of creativity is 'good' sense.”
Good“Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.”
Computers“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“I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.”
Money“Action is the foundational key to all success.”
Success“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
Art“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.”
Success“Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.”
Art“Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.”
Art“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.”
Art“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.”
Art“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”
Learning“Youth has no age.”
Age“We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions. We must pick out what is good for us where we can find it.”
Good“It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.”
Work“I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.”
History“Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.”
Best“There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.”
Art