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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It takes a long time to become young.

It takes a long time to become young.

It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.

It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.

Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to...

Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to...

There are painters that can change the sun into a yellow blot, but there are...

There are painters that can change the sun into a yellow blot, but there are...

I do not seek. I find.

I do not seek. I find.

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

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

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...

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...

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the...

What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the...

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...

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.

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...

Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.

Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to...

Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to...

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.

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...

I have a horror of people who speak about the beautiful. What is the beautiful?...

I have a horror of people who speak about the beautiful. What is the beautiful?...

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and...

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and...