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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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:...

Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and...

Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and...

If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same...

If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same...

Love is the greatest refreshment in life.

Love is the greatest refreshment in life.

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...

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth

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?

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

What do you think an artist is? An imbecile who has only his eyes if...

What do you think an artist is? An imbecile who has only his eyes if...

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...

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...

To draw you must close your eyes and sing.

To draw you must close your eyes and sing.

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

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

Let a man avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison.

Let a man avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with...

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with...