Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.

Quote by Pablo Picasso

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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...

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....

If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same...

If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same...

I have a horror of people who speak about the beautiful. What is the beautiful?...

I have a horror of people who speak about the beautiful. What is the beautiful?...

Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic

To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn...

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn...

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.

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.

Accidents, try to change them -- it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.

Accidents, try to change them -- it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.

To make oneself hated is more difficult than to make oneself loved.

To make oneself hated is more difficult than to make oneself loved.

To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to...

To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to...

What do you think an artist is? An imbecile who has only his eyes if...

What do you think an artist is? An imbecile who has only his eyes if...

On your Birthday, my dear sister, I wish I can go back in time and...

On your Birthday, my dear sister, I wish I can go back in time and...

Well, birthdays are merely symbolic of how another year has gone by and how little...

Well, birthdays are merely symbolic of how another year has gone by and how little...

The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.

The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.