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Famous Pablo Picasso Quotes
“If everyone would paint, political re-education would be unnecessary.”
“You have to start somewhere. You can always erase reality later on.”
“To blossom forth, a work of art must ignore or rather forget all the rules.”
“The painter goes through states of fullness and evaluation. That is the whole secret of art.”
“I see for others... in order to put on canvas the sudden apparitions which come to me.”
“We now know that Art is not the truth... but rather a way of approaching the truth.”
“You can't escape your own period. Whether you take sides for or against, you're always in it.”
“What a trade! Poor painters! They always wish to be understood, and they are analysed instead.”
“While I am working I am not conscious of what I am putting on the canvas.”
“If I knew what the meaning of art was, I wouldn't tell you.”
“Only when painting isn't painting can there be an affront to modesty.”
“For me, there are two kinds of women - goddesses and doormats.”
“Drink to me. Drink to my health. You know I can't drink any more.”
“Nothing can be done without solitude. I've created my own solitude which nobody suspects”