What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great…

Quote by Pablo Picasso

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Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and...

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and...

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like...

It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like...

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary

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 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...

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

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

The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

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?

We don't grow older, we grow riper.

We don't grow older, we grow riper.

To draw you must close your eyes and sing.

To draw you must close your eyes and sing.

Everything you can imagine is real.

Everything you can imagine is real.

Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?

Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

I do not seek. I find.

I do not seek. I find.

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn...

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn...

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...