Pablo Picasso

“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.”

“There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.”

“We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.”

“The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.”

“Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.”

“Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.”

“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.”

“Good artists copy, great artists steal.”

“We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions. We must pick out what is good for us where we can find it.”

“I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.”

“I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.”

“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”

“Love is the greatest refreshment in life.”

“My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.”

“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.”

“If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme.”

“There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats.”

“Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.”