Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don't start measuring her limbs.

Quote by Pablo Picasso

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I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.

I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.

The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

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?

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...

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

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

Taste is the enemy of creativeness

Taste is the enemy of creativeness

As far as I am concerned, a painting speaks for itself. What is the use...

As far as I am concerned, a painting speaks for itself. What is the use...

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...

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...

Drink to me.

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may...

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may...

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....

Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain...

Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain...

You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when...

You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when...

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

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

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

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

Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of...

Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of...

All that I really have to recount are observations and notes made during the course...

All that I really have to recount are observations and notes made during the course...

He paints for the blind, and we are the blind, and he lets us see...

He paints for the blind, and we are the blind, and he lets us see...

Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of...

Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of...

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go...

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go...

If when youre young you only knew, if when youre older you still could.

If when youre young you only knew, if when youre older you still could.