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 do not seek. I find.

I do not seek. I find.

Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.

Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.

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 older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your...

The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your...

We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions....

We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions....

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

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

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary

Taste is the enemy of creativeness

Taste is the enemy of creativeness

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...

If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined...

If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined...

Love is the greatest refreshment in life.

Love is the greatest refreshment in life.

There's nothing so similar to one poodle dog as another poodle dog, and that goes...

There's nothing so similar to one poodle dog as another poodle dog, and that goes...

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...

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth

They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order...

They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order...

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...

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.

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

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

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,...

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

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