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Pablo Picasso Quotes

No, painting is not interior decoration. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy Picture Quote #1

To know what you’re going to draw, you have to begin drawing... When I find myself facing a blank page, that’s always going through my head. What I capture in spite of myself interests me more than my own ideas Picture Quote #1

The only thing that’s important is the legend created by the picture, and not whether it continues to exist itself Picture Quote #1

For me painting is a dramatic action in the course of which reality finds itself split apart Picture Quote #1

Cubism is not a reality you can take in your hand. It’s more like a perfume, in front of you, behind you, to the sides, the scent is everywhere but you don’t quite know where it comes from Picture Quote #1

Forcing yourself to use restricted means is the sort of restraint that liberates invention. It obliges you to make a kind of progress that you can’t even imagine in advance Picture Quote #1

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If you are trying to find something, it means you haven’t got it. And if you find it simply by looking for it, that means it’s false Picture Quote #1

Drawing is a kind of hypnotism: one looks in such a way at the model, that he comes and takes a seat on the paper Picture Quote #1

... the right to free expression is something one seizes, not something one is given... if it does exist, it exists to be used against the established order... There is absolute opposition between the artist and the state Picture Quote #1

There’s nothing so similar to one poodle dog as another poodle dog, and that goes for women, too Picture Quote #1

We can see the light but we are still inside the tunnel,... We have not been able to get to all the communities Picture Quote #1

Style is often something which locks the painter into the same vision, the same technique, the same formula during years and years, sometimes during one’s whole lifetime Picture Quote #1

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When they say that I am too old to make a thing, I try to make it immediately Picture Quote #1

Each time I undertake to paint a picture I have a sensation of leaping into space. I never know whether I shall fall on my feet. It is only later that I begin to estimate more exactly the the effect of my work Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Museums are just a lot of lies, and the people who make art their business are mostly imposters. We have infected the pictures in museums with all our stupidities, all our mistakes, all our poverty of spirit. We have turned them into petty and ridiculous things Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Whatever the source of emotion that drives me to create, I want to give it a form which has some connection with the visible world, even if it is only to wage war on that world... I want my paintings to be able to defend themselves to resist the invader, just as though there were razor blades on all surfaces so no one could touch them without cutting his hands Picture Quote #1

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Matisse makes a drawing, then he makes a copy of it. He copies it five times, ten times, always clarifying the line. He’s convinced that the last, the most stripped down, is the best, the purest, the definitive one; and in fact, most of the time, it was the first. In drawing, nothing is better than the first attempt Picture Quote #1

If you give a meaning to certain things in my paintings it may be very true, but it is not my idea to give this meaning. What ideas and conclusions you have got I obtained too, but instinctively, unconsciously. I make the painting for the painting. I paint the objects for what they are Picture Quote #1

You must always work not just within but below your means. If you can handle three elements, handle only two. If you can handle ten, then handle only five. In that way the ones you do handle, you handle with more ease, more mastery, and you create a feeling of strength in reserve Picture Quote #1

When you begin a picture you often make some pretty discoveries. You must be on guard against these. Destroy the thing, do it over several times. In each destroying of a beautiful discovery, the artist does not really suppress it, but rather condenses it, makes it more substantial. What comes out in the end is the result of discarded finds. Otherwise you become your own connoisseur Picture Quote #1

If you are a genius and unsuccessful, everybody treats you as if you were a genius, but when you come to be successful, when you commence to earn money, when you are really successful, then your family and everybody no longer treats you like a genius, they treat you like a man who has become successful Picture Quote #1

Every child is an artist. The problem is to remain an artist once they grow up Picture Quote #1

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They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order that they can sing better Picture Quote #1

Painting isn't an aesthetic operation; it's a form of magic designed as mediator between this strange hostile world and us Picture Quote #1

God is really only another artist, he made the elephant, giraffe and cat. He has no real style but keeps trying new ideas Picture Quote #1

My mother said to me, if you are a soldier, you will became a general. If you are a monk will become the Pope. Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The people no longer seek consolation in art. But the refined people, the rich, the idlers seek the new, the extraordinary, the extravagant, the scandalous Picture Quote #1

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No, painting is not interior decoration. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy (Pablo Picasso Quotes) To know what you’re going to draw, you have to begin drawing... When I find myself facing a blank page, that’s always going through my head. What I capture in spite of myself interests me more than my own ideas (Pablo Picasso Quotes) The only thing that’s important is the legend created by the picture, and not whether it continues to exist itself (Pablo Picasso Quotes) For me painting is a dramatic action in the course of which reality finds itself split apart (Pablo Picasso Quotes) Cubism is not a reality you can take in your hand. It’s more like a perfume, in front of you, behind you, to the sides, the scent is everywhere but you don’t quite know where it comes from (Pablo Picasso Quotes) Forcing yourself to use restricted means is the sort of restraint that liberates invention. It obliges you to make a kind of progress that you can’t even imagine in advance (Pablo Picasso Quotes) If you are trying to find something, it means you haven’t got it. And if you find it simply by looking for it, that means it’s false (Pablo Picasso Quotes) Drawing is a kind of hypnotism: one looks in such a way at the model, that he comes and takes a seat on the paper (Pablo Picasso Quotes) ... the right to free expression is something one seizes, not something one is given... if it does exist, it exists to be used against the established order... There is absolute opposition between the artist and the state (Pablo Picasso Quotes) There’s nothing so similar to one poodle dog as another poodle dog, and that goes for women, too (Pablo Picasso Quotes) We can see the light but we are still inside the tunnel,... We have not been able to get to all the communities (Pablo Picasso Quotes) Style is often something which locks the painter into the same vision, the same technique, the same formula during years and years, sometimes during one’s whole lifetime (Pablo Picasso Quotes) When they say that I am too old to make a thing, I try to make it immediately (Pablo Picasso Quotes) Each time I undertake to paint a picture I have a sensation of leaping into space. I never know whether I shall fall on my feet. It is only later that I begin to estimate more exactly the the effect of my work (Pablo Picasso Quotes) 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 (Pablo Picasso Quotes) Museums are just a lot of lies, and the people who make art their business are mostly imposters. We have infected the pictures in museums with all our stupidities, all our mistakes, all our poverty of spirit. We have turned them into petty and ridiculous things (Pablo Picasso Quotes) 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 (Pablo Picasso Quotes) Whatever the source of emotion that drives me to create, I want to give it a form which has some connection with the visible world, even if it is only to wage war on that world... I want my paintings to be able to defend themselves to resist the invader, just as though there were razor blades on all surfaces so no one could touch them without cutting his hands (Pablo Picasso Quotes) Matisse makes a drawing, then he makes a copy of it. He copies it five times, ten times, always clarifying the line. He’s convinced that the last, the most stripped down, is the best, the purest, the definitive one; and in fact, most of the time, it was the first. In drawing, nothing is better than the first attempt (Pablo Picasso Quotes) If you give a meaning to certain things in my paintings it may be very true, but it is not my idea to give this meaning. What ideas and conclusions you have got I obtained too, but instinctively, unconsciously. I make the painting for the painting. I paint the objects for what they are (Pablo Picasso Quotes) You must always work not just within but below your means. If you can handle three elements, handle only two. If you can handle ten, then handle only five. In that way the ones you do handle, you handle with more ease, more mastery, and you create a feeling of strength in reserve (Pablo Picasso Quotes) When you begin a picture you often make some pretty discoveries. You must be on guard against these. Destroy the thing, do it over several times. In each destroying of a beautiful discovery, the artist does not really suppress it, but rather condenses it, makes it more substantial. What comes out in the end is the result of discarded finds. Otherwise you become your own connoisseur (Pablo Picasso Quotes) If you are a genius and unsuccessful, everybody treats you as if you were a genius, but when you come to be successful, when you commence to earn money, when you are really successful, then your family and everybody no longer treats you like a genius, they treat you like a man who has become successful (Pablo Picasso Quotes) Every child is an artist. The problem is to remain an artist once they grow up (Pablo Picasso Quotes) They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order that they can sing better (Pablo Picasso Quotes) Painting isn't an aesthetic operation; it's a form of magic designed as mediator between this strange hostile world and us (Pablo Picasso Quotes) God is really only another artist, he made the elephant, giraffe and cat. He has no real style but keeps trying new ideas (Pablo Picasso Quotes) My mother said to me, if you are a soldier, you will became a general. If you are a monk will become the Pope. Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso (Pablo Picasso Quotes) 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 (Pablo Picasso Quotes) The people no longer seek consolation in art. But the refined people, the rich, the idlers seek the new, the extraordinary, the extravagant, the scandalous (Pablo Picasso Quotes)

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