Pablo Picasso

Imagination is real.

Pablo Picasso

In art intentions are not sufficient and, as we say in Spanish, love must be proved by deeds and not by reasons. What one does is what counts and not what one had the intention of doing.

Pablo Picasso

It isn’t up to the painter to define the symbols. Otherwise it would be better if he wrote them out in so many words! The public who look at the picture must interpret the symbols as they understand them.

Pablo Picasso

It’s always necessary to seek for perfection. Obviously, for us, this word no longer has the same meaning. To me, it means: from one canvas to the next, always go further, further…

Pablo Picasso

Lord, protect me from what I want!

Pablo Picasso

Music and art are the guiding lights of the world.

Pablo Picasso

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.

Pablo Picasso

No, painting is not interior decoration. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy.

Pablo Picasso

One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite – that particular peach is but a detail.

Pablo Picasso

Only when painting isn’t painting can there be an affront to modesty.

Pablo Picasso