“Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?”
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Famous Pablo Picasso Quotes
“The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?”
“Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.”
Source: Picasso on art: a selection of views
“If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.”
“To draw you must close your eyes and sing.”
Source: Picasso
“I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.”
Source: Picasso and Man
Source: The Body on the cross
“The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.”
Source: Picasso on art: a selection of views
“Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.”
Source: Picasso on art: a selection of views
Source: Picasso on art: a selection of views
“Painting is stronger than me, it makes me do it's bidding.”
Source: Picasso
“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
Source: Picasso on art: a selection of views
“I don't say everything, but I paint everything.”
Source: Picasso érotique
Source: The Picasso Book
“Through art we express our conception of what nature is not.”
Source: Picasso, Braque, Léger: masterpieces from Swiss collections
“In art, there is neither past nor future. The art that is not in the present will never be.”
“Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird?”
“It is not what an artist does that counts...but what he is.”
Source: Picasso: The Cubist Portraits of Fernande Olivier
Source: Picasso and his art