Edutainment > Quotes by Pablo Picasso - 1881-1973

by Yuji Hiratsuka born 1954

Pablo Picasso - Biography
Runaway
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For some people he was the greatest genius in visual arts of the twentieth century. For others he was a charlatan and a great public relations manager of his own art and person. In my view he was both.

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Quotes by Pablo Picasso

by Yuji Hiratsuka born 1954

Pablo Picasso - Part II
Wall Paper
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Quotations by famous personalities are supposed to be witty and attract attention. The quotes by Pablo Picasso reveal a serious painter. But they show also the clown in him and the Spanish macho who changed his female companions at least as often as his painting styles and who enjoyed watching the archaic slaughtering of animals in Spanish areana, commonly known as bull fights.

"There is no abstract art. You always have to begin with something. Afterwards you can remove all traces of reality."

"I don't say everything. But I paint everything."

"You expect me to tell you what art is? If I knew it, I would keep it for myself."

"If there is something to steal, I steal it."

"Bad artists copy. Good artists steal."

"As a child I could paint like Rapfael. But it took me years to learn to paint like a child."

"The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?"

"There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats."

"You must not always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer."

Dieter Wanczura
(October 2009)

Literature source used for this article about Pablo Picasso

Ingo F. Walther, "Picasso", Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH, 1999, Köln, ISBN 3-8228-6371-8.

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