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

Quote by Pablo Picasso

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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...

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary

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...

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,...

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...

Drink to me.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.

Everything you can imagine is real.

Everything you can imagine is real.

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

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

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...

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?

It takes a long time to grow young.

It takes a long time to grow young.

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

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

Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?

Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind...

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind...

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...

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.

The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies;...

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies;...

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also...

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also...