Painting is a blind man's profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.
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When you come right down to it, all you have is your self. Your self is a sun with a thousand rays in your belly. The rest is nothing.
Pablo Picasso
What do you think an artist is An imbecile who has only his eyes if he is a painter, or his ears if he is a musician, or a lyre at every level of his heart if he is a poet, or, if he is merely a boxer, only his muscle On the contrary, he is at the same time a political being, constantly alert to the heartrending, burning, or happy events in the world, molding himself in their likeness.
Pablo Picasso
The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.
Pablo Picasso
Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.
Pablo Picasso
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
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