Quotes About Art

Art washes away from the soul, the dust of everyday living.

Art washes away the dust of everyday life.

Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.

Give me a museum, and I'll fill it.

Good taste is the enemy of creativity

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 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...

The people who make art their business are mostly impostors.

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.

Everything you can imagine is real.

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

Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness.

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

The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.

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.

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

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

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.

To draw, you must close your eyes and sing

Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth.

Pablo Picasso, last words

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.