Quote #47

People want to find a 'meaning' in everything and everyone. That's the disease of our age, an age that is anything but practical but believes itself to be more practical than any other age.

More from Pablo Picasso

  1. When we discovered Cubism, we did not have the aim of discovering Cubism. We only wanted to express what was in us.
  2. Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.
  3. If there is something to steal, I steal it!.
  4. Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
  5. 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 pass…
  6. Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.
  7. Art is never chaste. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with those not sufficiently prepared. Yes, …
  8. Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

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