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

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

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

When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier,...

When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier,...

When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks,...

When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks,...

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.

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

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

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

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...

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.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us...

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us...

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth

One never knows what one is going to do. One starts a painting and then...

One never knows what one is going to do. One starts a painting and then...

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...

Applause waits on success.

Applause waits on success.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others...

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others...