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

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...

It takes a long time to grow young.

It takes a long time to grow young.

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

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...

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,...

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

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

It takes a long time to become young.

It takes a long time to become young.

Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?

Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?

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...

Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.

Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.

Accidents, try to change them -- it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.

Accidents, try to change them -- it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.

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?

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.

I have no time to make money, I am searching for the truth.

I have no time to make money, I am searching for the truth.

COMMERCE, n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of...

COMMERCE, n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of...