Pablo Picasso

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

The greatest enemy of art is the lack of a museum.

The artist is a man who is always running away from himself.

What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a mask? Or is it a skull? Or a skeleton? Or is it a dream?

It is my misfortune – and probably my delight – to use things as my passions tell me. What a miserable fate for a painter who has to do what everyone expects of him… I paint a window just as I look out of it.

Art is never chaste. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never exposed to them. One should never make sport of it. If art were chaste, it would not be art.

I want to make a painting that is a scream.

Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.

I do not evolve, I am. In art, there are no accidents worthy of the name. There are only encounters.

Why do you think I would want to stop painting? I am still learning.

The artist is a discoverer, not an inventor.

I want to show what I have found, not what I am looking for.

Art is a game, but a very serious game.

The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live. Be a man before being an artist!

I paint the way some people write their autobiography. The paintings, finished or not, are the pages of my diary.

The artist who does not know how to paint a nude cannot paint anything.

I have no idea what a good painting is. I just know what I like.

The artist is a monster who devours everything in his path.

I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters.

Painting is a profession of blind men who paint what they remember, not what they see.