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88 Pablo Picasso Quotes and Sayings Score
I am always doing that which I cannot do¸ in order that I may learn how to do it 78
Action is the foundational key to all success 77
The chief enemy of creativity is good sense 76
The more technique you have the less you have to worry about it 76
One must act in painting as in life¸ directly 75
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan¸ in which we must fervently believe¸ and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success 75
My mother said to me¸ "If you are a soldier¸ you will become a general. If you are a monk¸ you will become the Pope". Instead¸ I was a painter¸ and became Picasso 74
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone 74
There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality 74
Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not 73
You don't make art¸ you find it 73
Bad artists copy. Good artists steal 72
Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life¸ a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time 72
To copy others is necessary¸ but to copy oneself is pathetic 72
Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself¸ and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility 71
You have to have an idea of what you are going to do¸ but it should be a vague idea 71
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth 70
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life 69
Disciples be damned. It's not interesting. It's only the masters that matter. Those who create 69
The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky¸ from the earth¸ from a scrap of paper¸ from a passing shape¸ from a spider's web 68
To draw¸ you must close your eyes and sing 68
Everything you can imagine is real 67
I paint objects as I think them¸ not as I see them 67
Painting is a blind man's profession. He paints not what he sees¸ but what he feels¸ what he tells himself about what he has seen 67
Art is the elimination of the unnecessary 66
He can who thinks he can¸ and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable¸ indisputable law 66
Colors¸ like features¸ follow the changes of the emotions 65
I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else 65
Love is the greatest refreshment in life 65
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 painter. But then he will have to begin everything again¸ from zero 65
When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form¸ a clear volume¸ through successive eliminations¸ you arrive inevitably at the egg. Likewise¸ starting with the egg and following the same process in reverse¸ one finishes with the portrait 65
I do not seek. I find 64
The older you get the stronger the wind gets¸ and it's always in your face 64
The world today doesn't make sense¸ so why should I paint pictures that do? 64
To make oneself hated is more difficult than to make oneself loved 64
All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up 63
Every act of creation is first an act of destruction 63
I have a horror of people who speak about the beautiful. What is the beautiful? One must speak of problems in painting! 63
It took me four years to paint like Raphael¸ but a lifetime to paint like a child 63
We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions. We must pick out what is good for us where we can find it 63
I don't say everything¸ but I paint everything 62
All art is erotic 61
I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money 61
Every positive value has its price in negative terms. The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima 60
I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents 60
Painting is just another way of keeping a diary 60
The urge to destroy is also a creative urge 60
We don't grow older¸ we grow riper 60
Anything new¸ anything worth doing¸ can't be recognized 59
An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it¸ it becomes transformed by thought 58
It takes a long time to become young 58
Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock 58
Are we to paint what's on the face¸ what's inside the face¸ or what's behind it? 57
God is really only another artist¸ he made the elephant¸ giraffe and cat. He has no real style but keeps trying new ideas 57
If I paint a wild horse¸ you might not see the horse¸ but surely you will see the wildness! 57
The hidden harmony is better than the obvious 57
The people who make art their business are mostly imposters 57
Art is never chaste. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents¸ never allowed into contact with those not sufficiently prepared. Yes¸ art is dangerous. Where it is chaste¸ it is not art 56
Every now and then one paints a picture that seems to have opened a door and serves as a stepping stone to other things 56
Inspiration does exist¸ but it must find you working 56
Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot¸ others transform a yellow spot into the sun 56
We artists are indestructible¸ even in a prison¸ or in a concentration camp¸ I would be almighty in my own world of art¸ even if I had to paint my pictures with my wet tongue on the dusty floor of my cell 56
What do you think an artist is? He is a political being¸ constantly aware of the heart breaking¸ passionate¸ or delightful things that happen in the world¸ shaping himself completely in their image. Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war 56
Give me a museum and I'll fill it 55
They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order that they can sing better 55
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 55
Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don't start measuring her limbs 54
If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes 54
One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite¸ that particular peach is but a detail 54
People want to find a "meaning" in everything and everyone. That's the disease of our age¸ an age that is anything but practical but believes itself to be more practical than any other age 54
Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting 54
You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies¸ particularly when there is no answer 54
If there were only one truth¸ you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme 53
It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction 53
Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer¸ the mirror¸ or the painter? 53
If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined up with a line¸ it might represent a minotaur 52
Painting is not made to decorate apartments. It's an offensive and defensive weapon against the enemy 52
To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to be through with it¸ to kill it¸ to rid it of its soul¸ to give it its final blow the coup de grace for the painter as well as for the picture 52
Youth has no age 52
Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding? 51
Why do two colors¸ put one next to the other¸ sing? Can one really explain this? No. Just as one can never learn how to paint 51
There are only two types of women, goddesses and doormats 50
If there is something to steal¸ I steal it! 49
What is a face¸ really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such painter? That which is in front? Inside? Behind? And the rest? Doesn't everyone look at himself in his own particular way? Deformations simply do not exist 49
Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not melt in one's bath 48
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers 47
Sculpture is the art of the intelligence 47
Painting is stronger than me¸ it makes me do it's bidding 46