Pablo Picasso

I don't evolve, I am. In art, there are no past or future.

The artist is a monster who devours everything he sees.

We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.

The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face.

What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a mask? Or is it the face under the mask?

I want to make a painting that will make people say, 'How did he do that?'

I am a collector of memories.

The artist is a monster who devours the beautiful.

Art is never chaste. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never exposed to the public. One should not play with art, but be serious with it.

I have a horror of people who speak about the beautiful. What is the beautiful? One must speak of problems in painting.

The first thing I do is to get rid of the idea of the beautiful.

I am not a cubist. I am a painter.

I paint as others write their autobiography. The paintings, finished or not, are the pages of my diary.

You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, or at least to mislead.

I'd like to live like a poor man with a lot of money.

The older I get, the more I realize that the only thing that counts is love.

I don't develop, I am. For me, there is no past or future in art. If a work of art cannot live always in the present, it must not be considered at all.

I want to be a great artist, but I want to be a great man first.

I am a Spaniard, and I am a Communist.

Painting is stronger than I am. It makes me do what it wants.