To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic

Quote by Pablo Picasso

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

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

Everything you can imagine is real.

Everything you can imagine is real.

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 -...

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

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...

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

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

Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of...

Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of...

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

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?...

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.

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...

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 the elimination of the unnecessary

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary

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...

What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the...

What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the...

Everyone wants to understand painting. Why is there no attempt to understand the song of...

Everyone wants to understand painting. Why is there no attempt to understand the song of...

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of deeds,...

With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of deeds,...

Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.

Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.

Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.

Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.