The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

Quote by Pablo Picasso

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

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

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...

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

The more technique you have, the less you have to worry about it. The more...

The more technique you have, the less you have to worry about it. The more...

The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.

The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.

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,...

Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and...

Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and...

Love is the greatest refreshment in life

Love is the greatest refreshment in life

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?

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

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

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.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

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....

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

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

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.

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...

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...

To draw you must close your eyes and sing.

To draw you must close your eyes and sing.

One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite -...

One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite -...