Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

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Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone

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Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness.

When I was a child my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk, you'll be the pope.' Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.

There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into sun

The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.

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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.