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title: "7 Copies Quotes By Pablo Picasso"
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> [Matisse makes a drawing, then he makes a copy of it. He copies it five times, ten times, always clarifying the line.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/matisse-makes-a-drawing-then-he-makes-a-copy-of-it-he-copies-it-five/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/405/pablo-picasso-552_clarifying_matisse-makes-a-drawing-then-he-makes-a_1046286.jpg)

> [Why should I copy this owl, this sea urchin? Why should I try to imitate nature? I might just as well try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/why-should-i-copy-this-owl-this-sea-urchin-why-should-i-try-to/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b3/pablo-picasso-552_circles_why-should-i-copy-this-owl-this-sea-urch_1383275.jpg)

> [There are more copies than originals among people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/there-are-more-copies-than-originals-among-people/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e2/pablo-picasso-552_copies_there-are-more-copies-than-originals-amo_1548590.jpg)

> [Never copy yourself, always copy someone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/never-copy-yourself-always-copy-someone-else/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/pablo-picasso-552_chess_never-copy-yourself-always-copy-someone_1604983.jpg)

> [Good designers copy; great designers steal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/good-designers-copy-great-designers-steal/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db9/pablo-picasso-552_copies_good-designers-copy-great-designers-stea_1788433.jpg)

> [Good artists copy, great artists steal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/good-artists-copy-great-artists-steal/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/pablo-picasso-552_artist_good-artists-copy-great-artists-steal-25_2568315.jpg)

> [You mustn't expect me to repeat myself. My past doesn't interest me. I would rather copy others than copy myself. In that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/you-mustn-t-expect-me-to-repeat-myself-my-past-doesn-t-interest-me-i/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46a/pablo-picasso-552_copies_you-mustn-t-expect-me-to-repeat-myself-m_3111902.jpg)

## Other authors on Copies

## 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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