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
Pablo Picasso quotes about
The best calculation is the absence of calculation. Once you have attained a certain level of recognition, others generally figure that when you do something, it's for an intelligent reason. So it's really foolish to plot out your movements too carefully in advance. You're better off acting capriciously.
Painting isn't made for the decoration of apartments; it is a weapon to be used offensively and defensively against the enemy.
When German soldiers used to come to my studio and look at my pictures of Guernica, they'd ask 'Did you do this?'. And I'd say, 'No, you did.'
I do not evolve, I am.
A plagiarist steals from one person. A true artist steals from everybody.
A painter paints to unload himself of feelings and visions.
If you're stuck in a painting, then stop and draw something else. Draw a flower and put your love into that flower. Then your powers will come back again.
I simply painted images of what was before my eyes; it is for others to find hidden meaning in them.
If I could say this I wouldn't have to paint.
A painting only lives in the eye of the beholder
Don't waste your youth growing up.
Why assume that to look is to see?
It's a poor artist who borrows--a good artist steals.
Drink to me. Drink to my health. You know I can't drink any more.