My mother said to me, If you become a soldier you'll be a general if you become a monk you'll end up as the pope. Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.
More Quotes from Pablo Picasso:
We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.Pablo Picasso
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
I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.
Pablo Picasso
If I knew what the meaning of art was, I wouldn't tell you.
Pablo Picasso
Every child is an artist. The problem is to remain an artist once he grows up.
Pablo Picasso
Everything you can imagine is real.
Pablo Picasso
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