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

Quote by Pablo Picasso

Topics: Art Quotes

He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is...

He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is...

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

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?...

I do not seek. I find.

I do not seek. I find.

Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous...

Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous...

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...

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

We don't grow older, we grow riper.

We don't grow older, we grow riper.

Love is the greatest refreshment in life.

Love is the greatest refreshment in life.

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....

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...

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.

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

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

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...

I'd like to live like a poor man with lots of money.

I'd like to live like a poor man with lots of money.

When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks,...

When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks,...

Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.

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 do not seek. I find.

I do not seek. I find.

It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like...

It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like...