My whole life has been nothing more than a continuous struggle against Reaction and the death of art. Pablo Picasso More Quotes by Pablo Picasso More Quotes From Pablo Picasso In every photographer there was a painter, a true artist, awaiting expression. Pablo Picasso photographyartistexpression When the individuality of the artist begins to express itself, what the artist gains in the way of liberty he loses in the way of order. Pablo Picasso individualityartistorder I want to create a cat like the real cats I see crossing the streets, not like those you see in houses. They have nothing in common. The cat of the streets has bristling fur. It runs like a fiend, and if it looks at you, you think it is going to jump in your face. Pablo Picasso catrealrunning Nature does many things the way I do, but she hides them! Pablo Picasso doeway When we did Cubist paintings, our intention was not to produce Cubist paintings but to express what was within us. No one laid down a course of action for us, and our friends the poets followed our endeavour attentively but they never dictated it to us. Pablo Picasso paintingpoetaction We have a lot of reasons but only one real one. Pablo Picasso real-onesrealreason It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction. Pablo Picasso upliftingspiritualpeace Paintings are but research and experiment. I never do a painting as a work of art. All of them are researches. I search constantly and there is a logical sequence in all this research. Pablo Picasso paintingresearchart People who read are people who dream. Pablo Picasso dreampeople You don't make art, you find it Pablo Picasso creativityart To me there is no past or future in art. If a work of art does not live in the present, it must not be considered at all. Pablo Picasso futurepastart A painter paints to unload himself of feelings and visions. Pablo Picasso paintvisionfeelings In the end there is only Matisse. Pablo Picasso matisseends It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child. Pablo Picasso childrenyearsart If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes. Pablo Picasso creativityeyeart If you take my sayings and explode them in the air, they remain only sayings. But if you fit them together in their correct places, you will have the whole story. Pablo Picasso airstoriestogether I paint the way someone bites his fingernails; for me, painting is a bad habit because I don't know nor can I do anything else. Pablo Picasso paintinghabitway Art is the elimination of the unnecessary. Pablo Picasso unnecessarysimplicityart I don't know in advance what I am going to put on canvas any more than I decide beforehand what colours I am going to use. Pablo Picasso canvaspreparationuse Everything exists in limited quantity - especially happiness. Pablo Picasso laughterjoyhappiness