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.

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...

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...

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from...

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from...

There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others...

There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others...

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...

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...

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...

It takes a long time to become young.

It takes a long time to become young.

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.

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...

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

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

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

Art is a lie that makes us realize 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...

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

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

Time will take your money, but money won't buy time.

Time will take your money, but money won't buy time.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may...

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may...