Pablo Picasso Quotes

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies. If he only shows in his work that he has searched, and re-searched, for the way to put over lies, he would never accomplish anything.

When Matisse died, he left me his Odalisques 'as a legacy', he proclaimed.

El artista es un receptáculo de emociones que vienen de cualquier sitio: del cielo, de la tierra, de un pedazo de papel, de una sombra pasajera o de una telaraña.

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.

Good artists copy; great artists steal.

La calidad de un pintor depende de la cantidad de pasado que lleve consigo

L'art n'est pas chaste [...], on devrait l’interdire aux ignorants innocents, ne jamais mettre en contact avec lui ceux qui y sont insuffisamment préparés. Oui, l'art est dangereux. Ou s'il est chaste, ce n'est pas de l'art.

All art is erotic.

Impara le regole come un professionista, in modo da poterle rompere come un artista.

If you know exactly what you are going to do, why do it?

Sin una gran soledad ningún trabajo serio es posible

For a long time I limited myself to one colour — as a form of discipline.

Inspiration existis, but it has to find us working.

I would like to manage to prevent people from ever seeing how a picture of mine has been done. What can it possibly matter? What I want is that the only thing emanating from my pictures should be emotion. [Boisgeloup, winter 1934].

I want to live like a poor man with lots of money.