Pablo Picasso Quotes on Art (21 Quotes)

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

If I spit, they will take my spit and frame it as great art.

Every child is an artist. The problem is to remain an artist once he grows up.

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.

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

Now there is fame Of all -- hunger, misery, the incomprehension by the public -- fame is by far the worst. It is the castigation of God by the artist. It is sad. It is true.

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.

Art washes away the dust of everyday life.

Art is never chaste. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with those not sufficiently prepared. Yes, art is dangerous. Where it is chaste, it is not art.

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

God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephantand the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things.

If I knew what the meaning of art was, I wouldn't tell you.

Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.

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

All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth.

Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don't start measuring her limbs.