Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

Quote by Pablo Picasso

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I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.

I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.

It takes a long time to grow young.

It takes a long time to grow young.

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....

One must act in painting as in life, directly.

One must act in painting as in life, directly.

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove...

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove...

Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.

Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.

Beauty?...To me it is a word without sense because I do not know where its...

Beauty?...To me it is a word without sense because I do not know where its...

Youth has no age.

Youth has no age.

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

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

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,...

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

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...

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

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

What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the...

What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the...

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?

The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

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

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

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

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

I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after...

I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after...

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.