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

Topics: Art Quotes

A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes...

A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes...

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

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...

If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined...

If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined...

An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate...

An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate...

Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to...

Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to...

God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat....

God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat....

There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats.

There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats.

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...

It takes a long time to become young.

It takes a long time to become young.

Youth has no age.

Youth has no age.

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,...

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

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...

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.

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from...

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from...

Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of...

Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of...

Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.

Most goals are achieved, not by talent, or determination, or hard work....but by persistence.

Most goals are achieved, not by talent, or determination, or hard work....but by persistence.

When you think you can't... revisit a previous triumph.

When you think you can't... revisit a previous triumph.