583 Quotes by Pablo Picasso

When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.

Every now and then one paints a picture that seems to have opened a door and serves as a stepping stone to other things.

Whatever the source of emotion that drives me to create, I want to give it a form which has some connection with the visible world, even if it is only to wage war on that world....I want my paintings to be able to defend themselves to resist the invader, just as though there were razor blades on all surfaces so no one could touch them without cutting his hands.

If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.

Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? no. Just as one can never learn how to paint.

The fact that for a long time Cubism has not been understood and that even today there are people who cannot see anything in it means nothing. I do not read English, an English book is a blank book to me. This does not mean that the English language does not exist. Why should I blame anyone but myself if I cannot understand what I know nothing about?" -Pablo Picasso.

To find is the thing.

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