Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth

Quote by Pablo Picasso

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Give me a museum and I'll fill it.

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind...

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind...

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

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

It takes a long time to become young.

It takes a long time to become young.

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind...

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind...

I do not seek. I find.

I do not seek. I find.

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...

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...

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

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,...

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.

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

One must act in painting as in life, directly.

One must act in painting as in life, directly.

To draw you must close your eyes and sing.

To draw you must close your eyes and sing.

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...

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...

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?

By the work one knows the workman.

By the work one knows the workman.

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could...

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could...

If thou shouldst never see my face again, pray for my soul. More things are...

If thou shouldst never see my face again, pray for my soul. More things are...