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
You have to start somewhere. You can always erase reality later on.
Reality is to be found in lightness and darkness.
For me painting is a dramatic action in the course of which reality finds itself split apart
An artist must be very careful not to look for models. As soon as one artist takes another as model, he is lost. There is no other point of departure than reality.
Whatever is most abstract may perhaps be the summit of reality.
To arrive at abstraction, it is always necessary to begin with a concrete reality.
Abstract art is only painting. And what's so dramatic about that? There is no abstract art. One must always begin with something. Afterwards one can remove all semblance of reality; there is no longer any danger as the idea of the object has left an indelible imprint.
Cubism is not a reality you can take in your hand. It's more like a perfume, in front of you, behind you, to the sides, the scent is everywhere but you don’t quite know where it comes from.
There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.
Everyone wants to understand painting. Why is there no attempt to understand the song of the birds?
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.
I'd like to live like a poor man with lots of money
I can explain the picture to you, and you will understand my explanation, but you will not understand the picture.
I am always doing things I can't do, that's how I get to do them.