Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth

Quote by Pablo Picasso

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To draw you must close your eyes and sing.

To draw you must close your eyes and sing.

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

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

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

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

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

It takes a long time to become young.

It takes a long time to become young.

If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same...

If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same...

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...

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?

We don't grow older, we grow riper.

We don't grow older, we grow riper.

It takes a long time to become young.

It takes a long time to become young.

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,...

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

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...

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we...

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we...

Taste is the enemy of creativeness

Taste is the enemy of creativeness

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

One fine day as my mother was putting the bread in the oven, I went...

One fine day as my mother was putting the bread in the oven, I went...

All that I really have to recount are observations and notes made during the course...

All that I really have to recount are observations and notes made during the course...