Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.

Quote by Pablo Picasso

Topics: Art Quotes

The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your...

The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your...

I should like to live like a poor man, with a great deal of money.

I should like to live like a poor man, with a great deal of money.

The artist is a receptacle for the emotions that come from all over the place:...

The artist is a receptacle for the emotions that come from all over the place:...

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?

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...

I'd like to live like a poor man with lots of money.

I'd like to live like a poor man with lots of money.

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...

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

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

The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like...

It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like...

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we...

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we...

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.

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...

I do not seek. I find.

I do not seek. I find.

The more technique you have, the less you have to worry about it. The more...

The more technique you have, the less you have to worry about it. The more...

Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.

Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

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...

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to...

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to...

The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those...

The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those...