Everyone wants to understand painting. Why is there no attempt to understand the song of the birds?

Quote by Pablo Picasso

Topics: Art Quotes, Painting Quotes

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,...

It takes a long time to become young.

It takes a long time to become young.

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...

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...

It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.

It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.

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...

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

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

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

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

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

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...

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and...

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and...

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...

The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

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

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

To make oneself hated is more difficult than to make oneself loved.

To make oneself hated is more difficult than to make oneself loved.

To draw you must close your eyes and sing.

To draw you must close your eyes and sing.

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...

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may Learn...

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may Learn...

Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream...

Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream...

Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.

Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.