One must act in painting as in life, directly.

Quote by Pablo Picasso

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's...

Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's...

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions....

We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions....

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 -...

It takes a long time to grow young.

It takes a long time to grow young.

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:...

Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.

Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.

It takes a long time to become young.

It takes a long time to become young.

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...

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...

The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.

The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

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...