Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun. (Pablo Picasso)
Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's bath like a lump of sugar. (Pablo Picasso)
Disciples be damned. It's not interesting. It's only the masters that matter. Those who create. (Pablo Picasso)
Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima. (Pablo Picasso)
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)
Art is a lie that makes us realize truth. (Pablo Picasso)
Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock. (Pablo Picasso)
I hate that aesthetic game of the eye and the mind, played by these connoisseurs, these mandarins who 'appreciate' beauty. What is beauty, anyway Theres no such thing. I never 'appreciate,' any more than I 'like.' I love it or I hate. (Pablo Picasso)
There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun. (Pablo Picasso)
If everybody is looking for it, then nobody is finding it. If we were cultured, we would not be conscious of lacking culture. We would regard it as something natural and would not make so much fuss about it. And if we knew the real value of this word we would be cultured enough not to give it so much importance. (Pablo Picasso)
Love is the greatest refreshment in life. (Pablo Picasso)
They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order that they can sing better. (Pablo Picasso)
If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes. (Pablo Picasso)
Bad artists copy. Good artists steal. (Pablo Picasso)
Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it? (Pablo Picasso)