Pablo Picasso Quotes on Creativity

14 quotes

  1. La inspiracion existe, pero tiene que encontrarte trabajando.

  2. La pintura es mas fuerte que yo, siempre consigue que haga lo que ella quiere.

  3. Yo no busco, yo encuentro.

  4. Yo no trabajo segun la Naturaleza, sino delante de ella, con ella. Un pintor debe observar la Naturaleza, pero jamas confundirla con la pintura.

  5. If they took away my paints I'd use pastels. If they took away my pastels I'd use crayons. If they took away my crayons I'd use pencils. If they stripped me naked and threw me in prison I'd spit on my finger and paint on the walls.

  6. Every child is an artist. It's a challenge to remain an artist when you grow up.

  7. God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things.

  8. Good artists copy. Great artists steal.

  9. Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

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  10. It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.

  11. If there is something to steal, I steal it!.

  12. When we discovered Cubism, we did not have the aim of discovering Cubism. We only wanted to express what was in us.

  13. Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.

  14. I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.

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