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Famous Pablo Picasso Quotes
“Titian, Rembrandt and Goya were the great painters. I am only a public clown.”
“The painter goes through states of fullness and evaluation. That is the whole secret of art.”
“What a trade! Poor painters! They always wish to be understood, and they are analysed instead.”
“The quality of a painter depends on the amount of past he carries with him.”
“A painter paints to unload himself of feelings and visions.”
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”
“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”
“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.”
“Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?”
“Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.”
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”
“I don't say everything, but I paint everything.”
“Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird?”
“In every photographer there was a painter, a true artist, awaiting expression.”