Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth

Quote by Pablo Picasso

Topics: Art Quotes

Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

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...

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may...

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may...

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...

When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks,...

When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks,...

Love is the greatest refreshment in life

Love is the greatest refreshment in life

Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?

Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?

I don't own any of my own paintings because a Picasso original costs several thousand...

I don't own any of my own paintings because a Picasso original costs several thousand...

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

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

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

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....

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...

For me there are only two type of women: goddesses and doormats.

For me there are only two type of women: goddesses and doormats.

When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume,...

When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume,...

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.

Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.

Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.

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

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

Creative without strategy is called 'art.' Creative with strategy is called 'advertising.'

Creative without strategy is called 'art.' Creative with strategy is called 'advertising.'

All art is quite useless.

All art is quite useless.

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,...