All Pablo Picasso Quotes
My mother said to me, "If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope." Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.
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Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
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There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats.
Pablo Picasso

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Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Pablo Picasso in
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What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.
Pablo Picasso

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They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order that they can sing better.
Pablo Picasso

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Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.
Pablo Picasso

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The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.
Pablo Picasso

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The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face.
Pablo Picasso

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The more technique you have, the less you have to worry about it. The more technique there is, the less there is.
Pablo Picasso

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When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks, many people all around will be sucked down with it.
Pablo Picasso

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