583 Quotes by Pablo Picasso

And fame, for a painter means sales, gains, fortune, riches. And today, as you know, I am celebrated. I am rich.

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

As far as I am concerned, a painting speaks for itself. What is the use of giving explanations, when all is said and done? A painter has only one language.

Whether he wants it or not, man is the instrument of nature; she imposes on him character and appearance.

An artist must forget painting when he paints. That's the only way he will do original work.

Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?

I have had no true friends, only lovers.

You can't run a without taking risks.

I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.