quotes by Pablo Picasso

"Everything you can imagine is real. "
— Pablo Picasso

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
— Pablo Picasso

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

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

"Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not. "
— Pablo Picasso (Pablo Picasso: Metamorphoses of the Human Form : Graphic Works, 1895-1972 (Art & Design))

"Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone"
— 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 sun"
— Pablo Picasso

"“I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.""
— Pablo Picasso

""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.""
— Pablo Picasso

"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.

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— Pablo Picasso

""the chief enemy of creativity is good sense""
— Pablo Picasso

"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working."
— Pablo Picasso

""I do not seek. I find.""
— Pablo Picasso

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

"The urge to destroy is also a creative urge."
— Pablo Picasso

""I tell you, the more I think, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people"
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— Pablo Picasso

"To draw, you must close your eyes and sing"
— Pablo Picasso

"“It takes a very long time to become young.” "
— Pablo Picasso

"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."
— Pablo Picasso

"Bad artists copy. Good artists steal."
— Pablo Picasso