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

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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...

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.

Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?

Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?

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...

The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.

The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.

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...

Taste is the enemy of creativeness

Taste is the enemy of creativeness

I do not seek. I find.

I do not seek. I find.

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

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

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

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

Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of...

Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of...

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.

I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.

The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

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...

Paint a rainbow inside of you, paint a rainbow, let your smile shine through. When...

Paint a rainbow inside of you, paint a rainbow, let your smile shine through. When...

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,...

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into...

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into...

Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas.

Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas.

Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek...

Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek...