What do you think an artist is? An imbecile who has only his eyes if he is a painter, or his ears if he is a musician, or a lyre at every level of his heart if he is a…

Quote by Pablo Picasso

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

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

When you come right down to it all you have is yourself. The sun is...

When you come right down to it all you have is yourself. The sun is...

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...

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,...

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Love is the greatest refreshment in life.

Love is the greatest refreshment in life.

We don't grow older, we grow riper.

We don't grow older, we grow riper.

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.

I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.

I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.

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.

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

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

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....

Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.

Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

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...

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

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

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

The quicksilver of creativity will not be solidified by legal pronouncement; it will necessarily flow...

The quicksilver of creativity will not be solidified by legal pronouncement; it will necessarily flow...

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art...

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art...