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Pablo Picasso Quotes

If there were only one truth, you couldn’t paint a hundred canvases on the same theme Picture Quote #1

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I who have been involved with all styles of painting can assure you that the only things that fluctuate are the waves of fashion which carry the snobs and speculators; the number of true connoisseurs remains more or less the same Picture Quote #1

People want to find a meaning in everything and everyone. That’s the disease of our age Picture Quote #1

Everybody has the same energy potential. The average person wastes his in a dozen little ways. I bring mine to bear on one thing only: my paintings, and everything else is sacrificed to it... myself included Picture Quote #1

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When you are young and without success, you have only a few friends. Then, later on, when you are rich and famous, you still have a few... if you are lucky Picture Quote #1

Because I cannot work except in solitude, it is necessary that I live my work and that is impossible except in solitude Picture Quote #1

Age only matters when one is aging. Now that I have arrived at a great age, I might as well be twenty Picture Quote #1

Everyone wants to understand art. Why don’t we try to understand the song of a bird? Why do we love the night, the flowers, everything around us, without trying to understand them? But in the case of a painting, people think they have to understand Picture Quote #1

Rhythm is a perception of time... when drawing, the tiredness of the hand is a rhythm Picture Quote #1

I work with few colors, what creates the illusion of quantity is that they fell in the right place Picture Quote #1

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In art, there is neither past nor future. The art that is not in the present will never be Picture Quote #1

They’ll sell you thousands of greens. Veronese green and emerald green and cadmium green and any sort of green you like; but that particular green, never Picture Quote #1

Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird? Picture Quote #1

The revolutionary artist does not only focus on the negative aspects of capitalist lives, but also creates visions of a revolutionary future Picture Quote #1

I try to paint what I have found and not what I look for. In art, intentions are of little importance Picture Quote #1

I want to get to the stage where nobody can tell how a picture of mine is done. What’s the point of that? Simply that I want nothing but emotion given off by it Picture Quote #1

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The artist spends the first part of his life with the dead, the second with the living, and the third with himself Picture Quote #1

In life you throw a ball. You hope it will reach a wall and bounce back so you can throw it again. You hope your friends will provide that wall Picture Quote #1

I have always believed and still believe that artists who live and work with spiritual values cannot and should not remain indifferent to the conflict in which the highest values of humanity and civilization are at stake Picture Quote #1

There are chemists who spend their whole lives trying to find out what’s in a lump of sugar. I want to know one thing. What is color? Picture Quote #1

I like all paintings. I always look at the paintings, good or bad, in barbershops, furniture stores, provincial hotels. I’m like a drinker who needs wine. As long as it is wine, it doesn’t matter which wine Picture Quote #1

If you know exactly what you’re going to do, what’s the good in doing it? Picture Quote #1

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Everyone wants to understand art. Why not try to understand the song of a bird?... people who try to explain pictures are usually barking up the wrong tree Picture Quote #1

An artist must forget painting when he paints. That’s the only way he will do original work Picture Quote #1

When we discovered cubism, we did not have the aim of discovering cubism. We only wanted to express what was in us Picture Quote #1

That inspiration comes, does not depend on me. The only thing I can do is make sure it catches me working Picture Quote #1

I paint the way someone bites his fingernails; for me, painting is a bad habit because I don’t know nor can I do anything else Picture Quote #1

When you start with a portrait and try to find pure form by abstracting more and more, you must end up with an egg Picture Quote #1

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If there were only one truth, you couldn’t paint a hundred canvases on the same theme (Pablo Picasso Quotes) Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not (Pablo Picasso Quotes) 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 (Pablo Picasso Quotes) I who have been involved with all styles of painting can assure you that the only things that fluctuate are the waves of fashion which carry the snobs and speculators; the number of true connoisseurs remains more or less the same (Pablo Picasso Quotes) People want to find a meaning in everything and everyone. That’s the disease of our age (Pablo Picasso Quotes) Everybody has the same energy potential. The average person wastes his in a dozen little ways. I bring mine to bear on one thing only: my paintings, and everything else is sacrificed to it... myself included (Pablo Picasso Quotes) When you are young and without success, you have only a few friends. Then, later on, when you are rich and famous, you still have a few... if you are lucky (Pablo Picasso Quotes) Because I cannot work except in solitude, it is necessary that I live my work and that is impossible except in solitude (Pablo Picasso Quotes) Age only matters when one is aging. Now that I have arrived at a great age, I might as well be twenty (Pablo Picasso Quotes) Everyone wants to understand art. Why don’t we try to understand the song of a bird? Why do we love the night, the flowers, everything around us, without trying to understand them? But in the case of a painting, people think they have to understand (Pablo Picasso Quotes) Rhythm is a perception of time... when drawing, the tiredness of the hand is a rhythm (Pablo Picasso Quotes) I work with few colors, what creates the illusion of quantity is that they fell in the right place (Pablo Picasso Quotes) In art, there is neither past nor future. The art that is not in the present will never be (Pablo Picasso Quotes) They’ll sell you thousands of greens. Veronese green and emerald green and cadmium green and any sort of green you like; but that particular green, never (Pablo Picasso Quotes) Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird? (Pablo Picasso Quotes) The revolutionary artist does not only focus on the negative aspects of capitalist lives, but also creates visions of a revolutionary future (Pablo Picasso Quotes) I try to paint what I have found and not what I look for. In art, intentions are of little importance (Pablo Picasso Quotes) I want to get to the stage where nobody can tell how a picture of mine is done. What’s the point of that? Simply that I want nothing but emotion given off by it (Pablo Picasso Quotes) The artist spends the first part of his life with the dead, the second with the living, and the third with himself (Pablo Picasso Quotes) In life you throw a ball. You hope it will reach a wall and bounce back so you can throw it again. You hope your friends will provide that wall (Pablo Picasso Quotes) I have always believed and still believe that artists who live and work with spiritual values cannot and should not remain indifferent to the conflict in which the highest values of humanity and civilization are at stake (Pablo Picasso Quotes) There are chemists who spend their whole lives trying to find out what’s in a lump of sugar. I want to know one thing. What is color? (Pablo Picasso Quotes) I like all paintings. I always look at the paintings, good or bad, in barbershops, furniture stores, provincial hotels. I’m like a drinker who needs wine. As long as it is wine, it doesn’t matter which wine (Pablo Picasso Quotes) If you know exactly what you’re going to do, what’s the good in doing it? (Pablo Picasso Quotes) Everyone wants to understand art. Why not try to understand the song of a bird?... people who try to explain pictures are usually barking up the wrong tree (Pablo Picasso Quotes) An artist must forget painting when he paints. That’s the only way he will do original work (Pablo Picasso Quotes) When we discovered cubism, we did not have the aim of discovering cubism. We only wanted to express what was in us (Pablo Picasso Quotes) That inspiration comes, does not depend on me. The only thing I can do is make sure it catches me working (Pablo Picasso Quotes) I paint the way someone bites his fingernails; for me, painting is a bad habit because I don’t know nor can I do anything else (Pablo Picasso Quotes) When you start with a portrait and try to find pure form by abstracting more and more, you must end up with an egg (Pablo Picasso Quotes)

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