Pablo Picasso on art
Pablo Picasso106 quotes“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.”
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The purpose of Art is to create enthusiasm.
Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso Everything you can imagine is real.
Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso The chief enemy of creativity is ‘good’ sense.
Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso A painting only lives in the eye of the beholder.
Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso What one does is what counts. Not what one had the intention of doing.
Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.
Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso Reality is to be found in lightness and darkness.
Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.
Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso The world doesn’t make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?
Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso It takes a long time to become young.
Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso An artist must forget painting when he paints. That’s the only way he will do original work.
Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso Every child is an artist. The problem is to remain an artist once they grow up.
Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso I have never made radically different experiments. Whenever I wanted to say something, I said it the way I believed I should.
Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso While I am working I am not conscious of what I am putting on the canvas.
Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso Lord, protect me from what I want!
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Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac If you cannot please everyone with your deeds and your art, please a few. To please many is bad.
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Afeni ShakurAfeni Shakur Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.
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