If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined up with a line, it might represent a minotaur.

Quote by Pablo Picasso

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

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

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove...

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove...

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...

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

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 as a poor man with lots of money.

I'd like to live as 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...

We don't grow older, we grow riper.

We don't grow older, we grow riper.

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...

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?

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.

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 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...

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 -...

What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face...

What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face...

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

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

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth

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,...

Identity is theft of the self

Identity is theft of the self

If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as...

If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as...

If you have a hit, the best thing that can happen to you is having...

If you have a hit, the best thing that can happen to you is having...