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

Quote by Pablo Picasso

Topics: Art Quotes, Painting Quotes, World Quotes

An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate...

An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate...

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...

Taste is the enemy of creativeness

Taste is the enemy of creativeness

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us...

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us...

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...

Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what...

Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what...

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...

Youth has no age.

Youth has no age.

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

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

If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined...

If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined...

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...

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

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

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

You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when...

You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when...

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?...

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.

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...

The artist is a receptacle for the emotions that come from all over the place:...

The artist is a receptacle for the emotions that come from all over the place:...

I cry a lot. My emotions are very close to my surface. I don't want...

I cry a lot. My emotions are very close to my surface. I don't want...

If we can discover the meaning in the trilling of a frog, perhaps we may...

If we can discover the meaning in the trilling of a frog, perhaps we may...