14 Quotes by Pablo Picasso

1. There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterwards you can remove all traces of reality. There's no danger then, anyway, because the idea of the object will have left an indelible mark. (Pablo Picasso)
2. Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man. (Pablo Picasso)
3. What one does is what counts and not what one had the intention of doing. (Pablo Picasso)
4. One must act in painting as in life, directly. (Pablo Picasso)
5. It takes a very long time to become young. (Pablo Picasso)
6. My mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier you'll be a general; if you become a monk you'll end up as the Pope.' Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso. (Pablo Picasso)
7. By amusing myself with all these games, all this nonsense, all these picture puzzles, I became famous... I am only a public entertainer who has understood his time. (Pablo Picasso)
8. There are artists who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun. (Pablo Picasso)
9. The Parthenon is really only a farmyard over which someone put a roof; colonades and sculptures were added because there were people in Athens who happened to be working and wanted to express themselves. (Pablo Picasso)
10. This idea of art for art's sake is a hoax. (Pablo Picasso)
11. Enough of Art. It's Art that kills us. People no longer want to do painting: they make art. (Pablo Picasso)
12. People want Art. And they are given it. But the less Art there is in painting the more painting there is. (Pablo Picasso)
13. Art is a finger up the bourgeoisie ass. (Pablo Picasso)
14. Art is the elimination of the unnecessary. (Pablo Picasso)