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Old 06-29-2008, 09:43 PM   #65
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We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.
Pablo Picasso

Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.
Pablo Picasso

Action is the foundational key to all success.
Pablo Picasso

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.
Pablo Picasso

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?
Pablo Picasso

To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.
Pablo Picasso

Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.
Pablo Picasso

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?
Pablo Picasso

Everything you can imagine is real.
Pablo Picasso

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

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.
Pablo Picasso

It takes a long time to become young.
Pablo Picasso

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?
Pablo Picasso

It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.
Pablo Picasso

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.
Pablo Picasso

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
Pablo Picasso

To draw you must close your eyes and sing.
Pablo Picasso

I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.
Pablo Picasso
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