I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.

Quote by Pablo Picasso

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

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

It takes a long time to become young.

It takes a long time to become young.

One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite -...

One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite -...

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

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.

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...

All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows...

All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows...

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...

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

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

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...

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth

Accidents, try to change them -- it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.

Accidents, try to change them -- it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.

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...

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

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

Everything you can imagine is real.

Everything you can imagine is real.

There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others...

There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others...

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

I do not seek. I find.

I do not seek. I find.

I have a horror of people who speak about the beautiful. What is the beautiful?...

I have a horror of people who speak about the beautiful. What is the beautiful?...

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...