Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

Quote by Pablo Picasso

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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...

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...

I do not seek. I find.

I do not seek. I find.

To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to...

To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to...

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face...

What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face...

One must act in painting as in life, directly.

One must act in painting as in life, directly.

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

It takes a long time to become young.

It takes a long time to become young.

My mother said to me, If you are a soldier, you will become a general....

My mother said to me, If you are a soldier, you will become a general....

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...

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

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

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 do not seek. I find.

I do not seek. I find.