583 Quotes by Pablo Picasso

Almost every evening, either I went to [Georges] Braque's studio or Braque came to mine. Each of us had to see what the other had done during the day. We criticized each other's work. A canvas wasn't finished unless both of us felt it was.

You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.

As an artist, all I need is my paints and brushes - and someone to drag me away when the canvas is done

The only thing emanating from my pictures should be emotion.

Action is the fundamental key to success.

Basically the French are all peasants.

What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such painter? That which is in front? Inside? Behind? And the rest? Doesn't everyone look at himself in his own particular way? Deformations simply do not exist.

Never copy yourself, always copy someone else.

They are not men, they are not women, they are Americans.