In art intentions are not sufficient and, as we say in Spanish, love must be proved by deeds and not by reasons. What one does is what counts and not what one had the intention of doing. Pablo Picasso More Quotes by Pablo Picasso More Quotes From Pablo Picasso We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies. Pablo Picasso realizing lying art 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. Pablo Picasso confidence encouragement mother I paint what I think, not what I see. Pablo Picasso paint art thinking Anything new, anything worth doing, can't be recognized. Pablo Picasso anything-worth-doing antisocial I do not seek. I find. Pablo Picasso creativity inspirational art A painting is not thought out in advance. While it is being done, it changes as one’s thoughts change. And when it’s finished, it goes on changing, according to the state of mind of whoever is looking at it Pablo Picasso done goes-on mind We are all born children- the trick is remaining one. Pablo Picasso tricks born children Art is a finger up the bourgeoisie ass. Pablo Picasso bourgeoisie ass art Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not. Pablo Picasso why-not creativity inspirational Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter? Pablo Picasso mirrors photography art Action is the fundamental key to success. Pablo Picasso keys fundamentals action ...why did Plato say that poets should be chased out of the republic? Precisely because every poet and every artist is an antisocial being. He's not that way because he wants to be; he can't be any other way.... and if he really is an artist it is in his nature not to want to be admitted, because if he is admitted it can only mean he is doing something which is understood, approved, and therefore old hat - worthless. Anything new, anything worth doing, can't be recognized. Pablo Picasso freedom plato mean Go and do the things you can't. That is how you get to do them. Pablo Picasso Good artists copy, great artists steal. Pablo Picasso small-jobs creativity artist I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else. Pablo Picasso inspirational ideas art When I was a kid I drew like Michelangelo. It took me years to learn to draw like a kid. Pablo Picasso draws kids years When you see what you express through photography, you realize all the things that can no longer be the objectives of painting. Why should an artist persist in treating subjects that can be established so clearly with the lens of a camera? Pablo Picasso cameras photography artist Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness. Pablo Picasso creativity inspiring inspirational Music and art are the guiding lights of the world. Pablo Picasso light world art You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea. Pablo Picasso artist inspirational ideas