Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.
To find is the thing.
The world doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?
Taste is the enemy of creativeness.
Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.
I'd like to live like a poor man - only with lots of money.
What one does is what counts. Not what one had the intention of doing.
When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.
Everyone wants to understand art. Why not try to understand the song of a bird? Why does one love the night, flowers, everything around one, without trying to understand them? But in the case of a pai...
If I paint a wild horse, you might not see the horse... but surely you will see the wildness!
If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.
We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.
Kažete da ste neshvaćeni mladi prijatelju.
Two boys arrived yesterday with a pebble they said was the head of a dog until I pointed out that it was really a typewriter.
There's nothing more difficult than a line.
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.