583 Quotes by Pablo Picasso

I don't know in advance what I am going to put on canvas any more than I decide beforehand what colours I am going to use.

If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined up with a line, it might represent a minotaur.

The different styles I have been using in my art must not be seen as an evolution, or as steps towards an unknown ideal of painting. Everything I have ever made was made for the present and with the hope that it would always remain in the present.

Art is a finger up the bourgeoisie ass.

It is a well-known fact that we see the faults in other's works more readily than we do in our own.

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.

No doubt, it is useful for an artist to know all the forms of art which have preceded or which accompany his. That is a sign of strength if it is a question of looking for a stimulus or recognizing mistakes he must avoid.

Art is never chaste. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with those not sufficiently prepared. Yes, art is dangerous. Where it is chaste, it is not art.

Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness.