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

Quote by Pablo Picasso

Topics: Art Quotes, Painting Quotes

What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face...

What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face...

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...

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.

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....

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

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

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

We don't grow older, we grow riper.

We don't grow older, we grow riper.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate...

An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate...

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 -...

The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

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...

Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous...

Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous...

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

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

All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows...

All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows...

Taste is the enemy of creativeness

Taste is the enemy of creativeness

Painting is a blind man's profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he...

Painting is a blind man's profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he...

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

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

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...

I do not seek. I find.

I do not seek. I find.