Quotes by Guernica When German soldiers used to come to my studio and look at my pictures of Guernica, they'd ask 'Did you do this?'. And I'd say, 'No, you did.' Pablo Picasso guernica soldier looks Painting is not made to decorate apartments. It's an offensive and defensive weapon against the enemy. (about Guernica). Pablo Picasso guernica weapons enemy My whole life has been nothing more than a continuous struggle against Reaction and the death of art. Pablo Picasso guernica struggle art If you give a meaning to certain things in my paintings it may be very true, but it is not my idea to give this meaning. What ideas and conclusions you have got I obtained too, but instinctively, unconsciously. I make the painting for the painting. I paint the objects for what they are. Pablo Picasso guernica giving ideas