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title: "2 Art Painting Quotes By Pablo Picasso"
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> [People want Art. And they are given it. But the less Art there is in painting the more painting there is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/people-want-art-and-they-are-given-it-but-the-less-art-there-is-in/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb0/pablo-picasso-552_art_people-want-art-and-they-are-given-it-bu_1839382.jpg)

> [Abstract art is only painting. And what's so dramatic about that? There is no abstract art. One must always begin with something. Afterwards one can remove all semblance of reality; there is no longer any danger as the idea of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/abstract-art-is-only-painting-and-what-s-so-dramatic-about-that-there/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3e/pablo-picasso-552_abstract_abstract-art-is-only-painting-and-what-s_3050500.jpg)

## More by Pablo Picasso

> [Art isn't done to decorate apartments, but to wage war against the enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/art-isn-t-done-to-decorate-apartments-but-to-wage-war-against-the/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/)

> [When I haven't any blue I use red.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/when-i-haven-t-any-blue-i-use-red/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/)

> [The Parthenon is really only a farmyard over which someone put a roof; colonades and sculptures were added because there were people in Athens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/the-parthenon-is-really-only-a-farmyard-over-which-someone-put-a-roof/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/)

> [By amusing myself with all these games, all this nonsense, all these picture puzzles, I became famous... I am only a public entertainer who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/by-amusing-myself-with-all-these-games-all-this-nonsense-all-these/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/)

> [If I paint a hammer and sickle people may think it is a representation of Communism, but for me it is only a hammer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/if-i-paint-a-hammer-and-sickle-people-may-think-it-is-a/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/)

> [One never knows what one is going to do. One starts a painting and then it becomes something quite different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/one-never-knows-what-one-is-going-to-do-one-starts-a-painting-and/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/)

> [Now there is fame! Of all - hunger, misery, the incomprehension by the public - fame is by far the worst. It is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/now-there-is-fame-of-all-hunger-misery-the-incomprehension-by-the/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/)

> [It takes a long time to become young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/it-takes-a-long-time-to-become-young/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/we-all-know-that-art-is-not-truth-art-is-a-lie-that-makes-us-realize/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/)

> [You see these thick curtains shut out the daylight: artificial light suits me a great deal better; it's absolutely steady, and much more exciting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/you-see-these-thick-curtains-shut-out-the-daylight-artificial-light/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/)

> [The best calculation is the absence of calculation. Once you have attained a certain level of recognition, others generally figure that when you do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/the-best-calculation-is-the-absence-of-calculation-once-you-have/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/)

> [Action is the foundational key to all success. --Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/action-is-the-foundational-key-to-all-success-pablo-picasso/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/)

> [The earth doesn't have a housekeeper to do the dusting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/the-earth-doesn-t-have-a-housekeeper-to-do-the-dusting/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/)

> [God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/god-is-really-only-another-artist-he-invented-the-giraffe-the/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/)

> [A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/a-baby-will-make-love-stronger-days-shorter-nights-longer-bankroll/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/)

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