Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, also known as Pablo Picasso, was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France. Regarded as one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth25 October 1881
CityMalaga, Spain
CountrySpain
I used to draw like Raphael, but it has taken me a whole lifetime to learn to draw like a child
It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child
All children paint like geniuses. What do we do to them that so quickly dulls this ability?
What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.
All Children are Artists
The first half of life is learning to be an adult-the second half is learning to be a child.
It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.
Through education comes understanding. Through understanding comes true appreciation. All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist while still achieving milestones and outcomes as required by certain funders and policy-makers.
We are all born children- the trick is remaining one.
All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
I should like to live like a poor man, with a great deal of money
Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.
Everyone wants to understand painting. Why is there no attempt to understand the song of the birds?