Pablo Picasso

“Everything you can imagine is real.”

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”

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

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”

“Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.”

“Two boys arrived yesterday with a pebble they said was the head of a dog until I pointed out that it was really a typewriter.”

“When you are young and without success, you have only a few friends. Then, later on, when you are rich and famous, you still have a few ... if you are lucky.”

“The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.”

“God is really another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style. He just goes on trying other things.”

“I'd like to live like a poor man - only with lots of money.”

“My mother said to me, "If you become a soldier, you'll be a general, if you become a monk you'll end up as the pope." Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.”

“It takes a long time to become young.”

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

“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.”

“We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of t...”

“It takes a very long time to become young.”

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”

“Impara le regole come un professionista, in modo da poterle rompere come un artista.”

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

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