Disciples be damned. It's not interesting. It's only the masters that matter. Those who create.

Quote by Pablo Picasso

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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.

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...

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...

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:...

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...

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.

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...

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...

The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

Youth has no age.

Youth has no age.

When you come right down to it all you have is yourself. The sun is...

When you come right down to it all you have is yourself. The sun is...

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

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,...

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to...

To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to...

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.

Beauty?...To me it is a word without sense because I do not know where its...

Beauty?...To me it is a word without sense because I do not know where its...

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at...

You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at...

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.