Painting isn’t an aesthetic operation; it’s a form of magic designed as mediator between this strange hostile world and us.
PABLO PICASSOPeople who try to explain pictures are usually barking up the wrong tree.
More Pablo Picasso Quotes
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The purpose of Art is to create enthusiasm.
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We don’t grow older we grow riper.
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I do not seek. I find.
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All art is erotic.
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Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war.
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Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.
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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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When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.
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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.
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It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
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In every photographer there was a painter, a true artist, awaiting expression.
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The more technique you have the less you have to worry about it. The more technique there is the less there is.
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It takes a long time to become young.
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Every now and then one paints a picture that seems to have opened a door and serves as a stepping stone to other things.
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The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.
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