Pablo Picasso Quotes

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

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

"Action is the foundational key to all success."

"It takes a long time to become young."

"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it."

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

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

"My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso."

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

"Everything you can imagine is real."

"Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions."

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

"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."

"Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success."

"I do not seek. I find."

"There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats."

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

"Love is the greatest refreshment in life."

"Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima."

"Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working."

"Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?"

"We don't grow older, we grow riper."

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

"Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun."

"Youth has no age."

"Painting is just another way of keeping a diary."

"I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them."

"Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not."

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

"It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction."