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 is a lie that makes us realize truth.

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

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,...

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...

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may...

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may...

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.

For me there are only two type of women: goddesses and doormats.

For me there are only two type of women: goddesses and doormats.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.

Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.

I don't own any of my own paintings because a Picasso original costs several thousand...

I don't own any of my own paintings because a Picasso original costs several thousand...

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

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

Mine honor is my life; both grow in one; Take honor from me, and my...

Mine honor is my life; both grow in one; Take honor from me, and my...

We learn something every day, and lots of times its that what we learned the...

We learn something every day, and lots of times its that what we learned the...