You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.

Quote by Pablo Picasso

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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?

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...

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

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

One never knows what one is going to do. One starts a painting and then...

One never knows what one is going to do. One starts a painting and then...

Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of...

Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of...

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

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

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.

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...

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,...

Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.

Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.

Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what...

Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what...

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from...

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from...

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 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...

The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your...

The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your...

One must act in painting as in life, directly.

One must act in painting as in life, directly.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary

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

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

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...

The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.