My mother said to me, If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope. Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.

Quote by Pablo Picasso

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They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order...

They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Painting is a blind man's profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he...

Painting is a blind man's profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he...

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth

Love is the greatest refreshment in life

Love is the greatest refreshment in life

Youth has no age.

Youth has no age.

There are painters that can change the sun into a yellow blot, but there are...

There are painters that can change the sun into a yellow blot, but there are...

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.

I do not seek. I find.

I do not seek. I find.

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,...

Love is the greatest refreshment in life.

Love is the greatest refreshment in life.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

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

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

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:...

There are so many tender and holy emotions, flying about in out inward world, which,...

There are so many tender and holy emotions, flying about in out inward world, which,...

Emotion always has its roots in the unconscious and manifests itself in the body.

Emotion always has its roots in the unconscious and manifests itself in the body.

Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and...

Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and...