As far as I am concerned, a painting speaks for itself. What is the use of giving explanations, when all is said and done? A painter has only one language.

Quote by Pablo Picasso

Topics: Artists Quotes

We don't grow older, we grow riper.

We don't grow older, we grow riper.

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 never knows what one is going to do. One starts a painting and then...

One never knows what one is going to do. One starts a painting and then...

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...

Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?

Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?

Love is the greatest refreshment in life.

Love is the greatest refreshment in life.

God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephantand the cat. He...

God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephantand the cat. He...

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.

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

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

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

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...

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...

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot; others transform a yellow spot into...

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot; others transform a yellow spot into...

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary

They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order...

They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order...

Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous...

Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous...

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?

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made...

I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made...

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...