You're either a goddess ... or a doormat..

What do you think an artist is? An imbecile who has only his eyes if he's a painter, or ears if he's a musician, or a lyre at every level of his hear….

Every now and then one paints a picture that seems to have opened a door and serves as a stepping stone to other things..

I am only a public entertainer who understands his time..

Motivation is in the world around us. We have an infinite amount of material at our disposal, in the lives of those we meet, in what we see and feel,….

[In developing your potential] ... I don't develop; I am.

You have to start somewhere. You can always erase reality later on..

Rhythm is a perception of time... when drawing, the tiredness of the hand is a rhythm..

"Picasso" is of Italian origin, as you know. And the name a person bears or adopts has its importance..

Even if the painting is green, well then! The 'subject' is the green. There is always a subject; it's a joke to suppress the subject, it's impossible..

The earth doesn't have a housekeeper to do the dusting. And the dust that falls on it every day remains there. Everything that's come down to us from….

An artist must forget painting when he paints. That's the only way he will do original work..

Painting is not made to decorate apartments. It's an offensive and defensive weapon against the enemy. (about Guernica)..

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 y….

What I capture in spite of myself interests me more than my own ideas..

Computers are useless - all they can give you are answers..

The more technique there is, the less there is.

A picture is not thought out and settled beforehand. While it is being done it changes as one's thoughts change..

Today we haven't the heart to expel the painters and poets from society because we refuse to admit to ourselves that there is any danger in keeping t….

When I haven't any blue I use red..

Art is a lie that makes us realise truth ... that is given us to understand..