Quotes from Pablo 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 the sun.

We all know that art is not the truth, art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.

We have a lot of reasons but only one real one.

Everything you can imagine is real.

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

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

Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.

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

It takes a very long time to become young.

The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.

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.

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.

If I paint a wild horse, you might not see the horse... but surely you will see the wildness!

The world doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

There are only two types of women: goddesses and doormats.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

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

I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.

It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.

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