Painting is a blind man's profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.

Quote by Pablo Picasso

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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.

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...

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...

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

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...

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...

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

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

My mother said to me, If you are a soldier, you will become a general....

My mother said to me, If you are a soldier, you will become a general....

You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when...

You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when...

When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume,...

When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume,...

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 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...

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...

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

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...

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...

I have a horror of people who speak about the beautiful. What is the beautiful?...

I have a horror of people who speak about the beautiful. What is the beautiful?...

The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

I do not seek. I find.

I do not seek. I find.