--- title: "9 Dust Quotes By Pablo Picasso" description: "9 Dust quotes by Pablo Picasso. Plus more from Pablo Picasso and more Dust sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/pablo-picasso-552_art_the-purpose-of-art-is-washing-the-dust-o_2421691.jpg" --- > [The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/the-purpose-of-art-is-washing-the-dust-of-daily-life-off-our-souls/) [Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/pablo-picasso-552_art_the-purpose-of-art-is-washing-the-dust-o_2421691.jpg) > [Art sweeps the everyday dust from your soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/art-sweeps-the-everyday-dust-from-your-soul/) [Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/028/pablo-picasso-552_art_art-sweeps-the-everyday-dust-from-your-s_3041441.jpg) > [Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/art-washes-away-from-the-soul-the-dust-of-everyday-life/) [Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aab/pablo-picasso-552_art_art-washes-away-from-the-soul-the-dust-o_3088838.jpg) > [“We’re constantly moving dust from one place to another, only to have it replaced by more dust — entropy always wins.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/we-re-constantly-moving-dust-from-one-place-to-another-only-to-have/) [Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc1/pablo-picasso-552_quote_we-re-constantly-moving-dust-from-one-pl_856890.jpg) > [When there's dust missing here or there, it's because someone has touched my things. I see immediately someone has been there. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/when-there-s-dust-missing-here-or-there-it-s-because-someone-has/) [Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/779/pablo-picasso-552_color_when-there-s-dust-missing-here-or-there_1243618.jpg) > [I always forbade everyone to clean my studios, dust them, not only for fear they would disturb my things, but especially because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/i-always-forbade-everyone-to-clean-my-studios-dust-them-not-only-for/) [Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d4/pablo-picasso-552_allies_i-always-forbade-everyone-to-clean-my-st_1309021.jpg) > [“A piece of space-dust falls on your head once every day… With every breath, we inhale a bit of the story of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/a-piece-of-space-dust-falls-on-your-head-once-every-day-with-every/) [Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/120/pablo-picasso-552_breath_a-piece-of-space-dust-falls-on-your-head_331103.jpg) > [Art is the best possible introduction to the culture of the world. I love it for the buried hopes, the garnered memories,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/art-is-the-best-possible-introduction-to-the-culture-of-the-world-i/) [Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ab/pablo-picasso-552_art_art-is-the-best-possible-introduction-to_1757058.jpg) > [The earth doesn't have a housekeeper to do the dusting. And the dust that falls on it every day remains there. Everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/the-earth-doesn-t-have-a-housekeeper-to-do-the-dusting-and-the-dust/) [Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/984/pablo-picasso-552_dust_the-earth-doesn-t-have-a-housekeeper-to_1574648.jpg) ## Other authors on Dust ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dust/pablo-picasso/#itemlist", "name": "9 Dust Quotes By Pablo Picasso", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pablo Picasso" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/the-purpose-of-art-is-washing-the-dust-of-daily-life-off-our-souls/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/pablo-picasso-552_art_the-purpose-of-art-is-washing-the-dust-o_2421691.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/pablo-picasso-552_art_the-purpose-of-art-is-washing-the-dust-o_2421691.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/pablo-picasso-552_art_the-purpose-of-art-is-washing-the-dust-o_2421691.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” — Pablo Picasso", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Art sweeps the everyday dust from your soul.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pablo Picasso" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/art-sweeps-the-everyday-dust-from-your-soul/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/028/pablo-picasso-552_art_art-sweeps-the-everyday-dust-from-your-s_3041441.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/028/pablo-picasso-552_art_art-sweeps-the-everyday-dust-from-your-s_3041441.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/028/pablo-picasso-552_art_art-sweeps-the-everyday-dust-from-your-s_3041441.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Art sweeps the everyday dust from your soul.” — Pablo Picasso", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pablo Picasso" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/art-washes-away-from-the-soul-the-dust-of-everyday-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aab/pablo-picasso-552_art_art-washes-away-from-the-soul-the-dust-o_3088838.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aab/pablo-picasso-552_art_art-washes-away-from-the-soul-the-dust-o_3088838.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aab/pablo-picasso-552_art_art-washes-away-from-the-soul-the-dust-o_3088838.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” — Pablo Picasso", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We’re constantly moving dust from one place to another, only to have it replaced by more dust — entropy always wins.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pablo Picasso" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/we-re-constantly-moving-dust-from-one-place-to-another-only-to-have/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc1/pablo-picasso-552_quote_we-re-constantly-moving-dust-from-one-pl_856890.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc1/pablo-picasso-552_quote_we-re-constantly-moving-dust-from-one-pl_856890.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc1/pablo-picasso-552_quote_we-re-constantly-moving-dust-from-one-pl_856890.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We’re constantly moving dust from one place to another, only to have it replaced by more dust — entropy…” — Pablo Picasso", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When there's dust missing here or there, it's because someone has touched my things. 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