When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk you'll end up as the pope.' Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.

Quote by Pablo Picasso

Topics: Painting Quotes, Success Quotes

There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats.

There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats.

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

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

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?

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.

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?

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...

To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to...

To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to...

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...

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...

The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

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...

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.

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...

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

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

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

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we...

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we...

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

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

So I was in my car, and I was driving along, and my boss rang...

So I was in my car, and I was driving along, and my boss rang...

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of...

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of...

I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they...

I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they...