Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Quote by Pablo Picasso

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To make oneself hated is more difficult than to make oneself loved.

To make oneself hated is more difficult than to make oneself loved.

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...

I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.

I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.

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.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.

The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.

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 hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

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...

One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite -...

One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite -...

Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what...

Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what...

It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like...

It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like...

He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is...

He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is...

One must act in painting as in life, directly.

One must act in painting as in life, directly.

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...

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...

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...

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....

I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.

I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.

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

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