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Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy. — Pablo Picasso · 1945Painting isn't an aesthetic operation; it's a form of magic designed as a mediator between this strange hostile world and us, a way of seizing the power by giving form to our terrors as well as our desires. — Pablo Picasso · 1964The blue period was not a question of color. It was an inner necessity to paint like that. — Pablo Picasso · 1956Painting2 quotes
Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy. — Pablo Picasso · 1945Painting isn't an aesthetic operation; it's a form of magic designed as a mediator between this strange hostile world and us, a way of seizing the power by giving form to our terrors as well as our desires. — Pablo Picasso · 1964Artistic expression1 quote
The blue period was not a question of color. It was an inner necessity to paint like that. — Pablo Picasso · 1956Artists1 quote
The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. — Pablo Picasso · 1935Borrowing and creativity1 quote
The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. — Pablo Picasso · 1935Creativity1 quote
The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. — Pablo Picasso · 1935God and creation1 quote
God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat. He has no real style. He just keeps on trying other things. — Pablo Picasso · 1964Originality1 quote
Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. — Pablo Picasso · 1956Pros and cons1 quote
Every positive value has its price in negative terms... The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima. — Pablo Picasso · 1964Purpose of art1 quote
Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy. — Pablo Picasso · 1945Self-expression1 quote
The blue period was not a question of color. It was an inner necessity to paint like that. — Pablo Picasso · 1956Self-indulgence1 quote
Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. — Pablo Picasso · 1956Success1 quote
Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. — Pablo Picasso · 1956Yin and yang1 quote
Every positive value has its price in negative terms... The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima. — Pablo Picasso · 1964