Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

Quote by Pablo Picasso

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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...

If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.

If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.

Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.

Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.

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...

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...

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...

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....

Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.

Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.

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.

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...

Beauty?...To me it is a word without sense because I do not know where its...

Beauty?...To me it is a word without sense because I do not know where its...

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

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...

I don't own any of my own paintings because a Picasso original costs several thousand...

I don't own any of my own paintings because a Picasso original costs several thousand...

The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.

Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.

When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume,...

When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume,...

Youth has no age.

Youth has no age.

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies

Youth is wholly experimental

Youth is wholly experimental