An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought.

Quote by Pablo Picasso

Topics: Departure Quotes

One must act in painting as in life, directly.

One must act in painting as in life, directly.

Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.

Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.

You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it...

You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it...

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

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

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...

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove...

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove...

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...

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we...

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we...

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...

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined...

If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined...

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

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

One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite -...

One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite -...

When you come right down to it all you have is yourself. The sun is...

When you come right down to it all you have is yourself. The sun is...

Drink to me.

Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.

Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.

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...

God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephantand the cat. He...

God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephantand the cat. He...

I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.

I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.

I do not seek. I find.

I do not seek. I find.