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
What do you think an artist is? ...he is a political being, constantly aware of the heart breaking, passionate, or delightful things that happen in the world, shaping himself completely in their image. Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war.
An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought.
The chief enemy of creativity is 'good' sense.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
I wanted to be a painter, and I became Picasso,
Art washes away the dust of everyday life.
It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child
It takes a long time to grow young.
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.
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?
I should like to live like a poor man, with a great deal of money