When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks, many people all around will be sucked down with it.

Quote by Pablo Picasso

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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...

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 -...

It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.

It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.

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...

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?...

He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is...

He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is...

You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it...

You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it...

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions....

We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions....

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

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

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

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

It takes a long time to become young.

It takes a long time to become young.

A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes...

A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes...

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...

Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to...

Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to...

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...

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

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

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

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

To make oneself hated is more difficult than to make oneself loved.

To make oneself hated is more difficult than to make oneself loved.