Art is the elimination of the unnecessary

Quote by Pablo Picasso

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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...

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.

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.

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...

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier,...

When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier,...

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

It takes a long time to grow young.

It takes a long time to grow young.

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

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

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier,...

When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier,...

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...

Everyone wants to understand painting. Why is there no attempt to understand the song of...

Everyone wants to understand painting. Why is there no attempt to understand the song of...

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?...

The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

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.

Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's...

Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's...

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...