You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.

Quote by Pablo Picasso

Topics: Pablo Picasso Quotes

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and...

Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and...

Disciples be damned. It's not interesting. It's only the masters that matter. Those who create.

Disciples be damned. It's not interesting. It's only the masters that matter. Those who create.

Everyone wants to understand painting. Why is there no attempt to understand the song of...

Everyone wants to understand painting. Why is there no attempt to understand the song of...

I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.

I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.

Drink to me.

There's nothing so similar to one poodle dog as another poodle dog, and that goes...

There's nothing so similar to one poodle dog as another poodle dog, and that goes...

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind...

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind...

Youth has no age.

Youth has no age.

Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.

Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.

The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.

Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot; others transform a yellow spot into...

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot; others transform a yellow spot into...

What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the...

What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the...

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions....

We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions....

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we...

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we...

Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of...

Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of...

Whether he is an artist or not, the photographer is a joyous sensualist, for the...

Whether he is an artist or not, the photographer is a joyous sensualist, for the...

One of the jobs of art is to inspire discussion, and Brokeback Mountain certainly has...

One of the jobs of art is to inspire discussion, and Brokeback Mountain certainly has...