The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.

Quote by Pablo Picasso

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

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

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,...

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your...

The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your...

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we...

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we...

It takes a long time to become young.

It takes a long time to become young.

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

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

One must act in painting as in life, directly.

One must act in painting as in life, directly.

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...

To make oneself hated is more difficult than to make oneself loved.

To make oneself hated is more difficult than to make oneself loved.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

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....

I should like to live like a poor man, with a great deal of money.

I should like to live like a poor man, with a great deal of money.

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...

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?...

Love is the greatest refreshment in life.

Love is the greatest refreshment in life.

Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things.

Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things.

Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any...

Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any...

Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.