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Famous Pablo Picasso Quotes
“The world doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?”
“Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction”
“You have to know how to be vulgar. Paint with four-letter words.”
“Style is the difference between a circle and the way you draw it.”
“Enough of Art. It's Art that kills us. People no longer want to do painting: they make art.”
“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.”
“We now know that Art is not the truth... but rather a way of approaching the truth.”
“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.”
“Those trying to explain pictures are as a rule completely mistaken.”
“Art is not truth; art is the lie which makes us see the truth.”
“Art is a lie that makes us realise truth ... that is given us to understand.”
“Art isn't done to decorate apartments, but to wage war against the enemy.”
“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.”
“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.”
“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”
“Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.”