--- title: "11 Picasso Quotes By Francoise Gilot" description: "11 Picasso quotes by Francoise Gilot. Plus more from Francoise Gilot and more Picasso sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6d/francoise-gilot-21304_had_i-really-think-that-if-i-had-met-picasso_1757649.jpg" --- > [I really think that if I had met Picasso during peacetime, nothing would have happened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/i-really-think-that-if-i-had-met-picasso-during-peacetime-nothing/) [Francoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6d/francoise-gilot-21304_had_i-really-think-that-if-i-had-met-picasso_1757649.jpg) > [“And you, you’re an angel,’ he said, scornfully, ‘but an angel from a hot place. Since I’m the devil, that makes you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/and-you-you-re-an-angel-he-said-scornfully-but-an-angel-from-a-hot/) [Françoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d3/francoise-gilot-21304_angel_and-you-you-re-an-angel-he-said-scornful_705305.jpg) > [I'm not going to talk about Picasso. I have done my duty to those memories. I have had a great career as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/i-m-not-going-to-talk-about-picasso-i-have-done-my-duty-to-those/) [Francoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/francoise-gilot-21304_about_i-m-not-going-to-talk-about-picasso-i-ha_501732.jpg) > ['Matisse and Picasso' is a little like Plato after Socrates. Socrates only taught in words. He didn't write. And after that, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/matisse-and-picasso-is-a-little-like-plato-after-socrates-socrates/) [Francoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d60/francoise-gilot-21304_about_matisse-and-picasso-is-a-little-like-pla_2427818.jpg) > [“One day when I went to see him (Picasso), we were looking at the dust dancing in a ray of sunlight that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/one-day-when-i-went-to-see-him-picasso-we-were-looking-at-the-dust/) [Francoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/francoise-gilot-21304_human-existence_one-day-when-i-went-to-see-him-picasso-w_2230359.jpg) > [“You see, for me a painting is a dramatic action in the course of which the reality finds itself split apart. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/you-see-for-me-a-painting-is-a-dramatic-action-in-the-course-of-which/) [Francoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e9/francoise-gilot-21304_action_you-see-for-me-a-painting-is-a-dramatic_2162739.jpg) > [“So how do you go about teaching them something new? By mixing what they know with what they don’t know. Then, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/so-how-do-you-go-about-teaching-them-something-new-by-mixing-what/) [Françoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/francoise-gilot-21304_education_so-how-do-you-go-about-teaching-them-som_3173004.jpg) > [“We mustn't be afraid of inventing anything...Everething there is in us exists in nature. After all, we're part of nature. If it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/we-mustn-t-be-afraid-of-inventing-anything-everething-there-is-in-us/) [Francoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23f/francoise-gilot-21304_burden_we-mustn-t-be-afraid-of-inventing-anythi_941103.jpg) > [“What interests me is to set up what you might call the rapport de grand écart - the most unexpected relationship possible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/what-interests-me-is-to-set-up-what-you-might-call-the-rapport-de/) [Francoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/francoise-gilot-21304_left-eye_what-interests-me-is-to-set-up-what-you_569319.jpg) > [“I paint the way some people write their autobiography. The paintings, finished or not, are the pages of my journal, and as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/i-paint-the-way-some-people-write-their-autobiography-the-paintings/) [Francoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e77/francoise-gilot-21304_artist_i-paint-the-way-some-people-write-their_2652784.jpg) > [“He told me that from now on, everything I did and everything he did was of the utmost importance: any word spoken,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/he-told-me-that-from-now-on-everything-i-did-and-everything-he-did/) [Francoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbe/francoise-gilot-21304_begin_he-told-me-that-from-now-on-everything-i_2562185.jpg) ## Other authors on Picasso ## More by Francoise Gilot > [“You have to admit that most women who do something with their lives have been disliked by almost everyone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/you-have-to-admit-that-most-women-who-do-something-with-their-lives/) [Francoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) > [I'm not going to talk about Picasso. I have done my duty to those memories. I have had a great career as an artist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/i-m-not-going-to-talk-about-picasso-i-have-done-my-duty-to-those/) [Francoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) > [“What interests me is to set up what you might call the rapport de grand écart - the most unexpected relationship possible between the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/what-interests-me-is-to-set-up-what-you-might-call-the-rapport-de/) [Francoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) > [“My grandmother's death had given me a heightened sense of individual solitude, of each one of us walking towards his own death, with no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/my-grandmother-s-death-had-given-me-a-heightened-sense-of-individual/) [Francoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) > [“And you, you’re an angel,’ he said, scornfully, ‘but an angel from a hot place. Since I’m the devil, that makes you one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/and-you-you-re-an-angel-he-said-scornfully-but-an-angel-from-a-hot/) [Françoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) > [“We mustn't be afraid of inventing anything...Everething there is in us exists in nature. After all, we're part of nature. If it resembles nature,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/we-mustn-t-be-afraid-of-inventing-anything-everething-there-is-in-us/) [Francoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) > [I don't write diaries and things like that, but I have a fantastic memory. I call that like a magic carpet. I can really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/i-don-t-write-diaries-and-things-like-that-but-i-have-a-fantastic/) [Francoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) > [“The heart of the problem, I soon came to understand, was that with Pablo there must always be a victor and a vanquished. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/the-heart-of-the-problem-i-soon-came-to-understand-was-that-with/) [Francoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) > [“...since I realized that he (Picasso) lived in a self-enclosed world and that his solitude was therefore total, I wanted to explore my own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/since-i-realized-that-he-picasso-lived-in-a-self-enclosed-world-and/) [Francoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) > [“Pablo bijaše uvijek zaokupljen ljubavnom postojanošću Aragona i Else. Činilo se da naročito s Aragonove strane postoji potpuna odanost, gotovo kult u kome ona…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/pablo-bija-e-uvijek-zaokupljen-ljubavnom-postojano-u-aragona-i-else/) [Françoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) > [Matisse was my God. I'm a French artist, that's for sure. I am color-oriented and what you might call a composer. I am not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/matisse-was-my-god-i-m-a-french-artist-that-s-for-sure-i-am-color/) [Francoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) > [To change your mind about something is always difficult. I think that people who are big enough to admit they were wrong can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/to-change-your-mind-about-something-is-always-difficult-i-think-that/) [Francoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) > [I really think that if I had met Picasso during peacetime, nothing would have happened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/i-really-think-that-if-i-had-met-picasso-during-peacetime-nothing/) [Francoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) > [What I like about the American woman is she usually has a lot of dynamism. In the U.S., women have a tendency to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/what-i-like-about-the-american-woman-is-she-usually-has-a-lot-of/) [Francoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) > [For me, style is essentially doing things well. If you want to be outrageous, be outrageous with style. If you want to be restrained,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/for-me-style-is-essentially-doing-things-well-if-you-want-to-be/) [Francoise Gilot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francoise-gilot/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/picasso/francoise-gilot/#itemlist", "name": "11 Picasso Quotes By Francoise Gilot", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I really think that if I had met Picasso during peacetime, nothing would have happened.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Francoise Gilot" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/i-really-think-that-if-i-had-met-picasso-during-peacetime-nothing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6d/francoise-gilot-21304_had_i-really-think-that-if-i-had-met-picasso_1757649.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6d/francoise-gilot-21304_had_i-really-think-that-if-i-had-met-picasso_1757649.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6d/francoise-gilot-21304_had_i-really-think-that-if-i-had-met-picasso_1757649.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I really think that if I had met Picasso during peacetime, nothing would have happened.” — Francoise Gilot", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And you, you’re an angel,’ he said, scornfully, ‘but an angel from a hot place. 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After all, we're…” — Francoise Gilot", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What interests me is to set up what you might call the rapport de grand écart - the most unexpected relationship possible between the things I want to speak about, because there is a certain difficulty in establishing relationships in just that way, and in that difficulty there is an interest, and in that interest there is a certain tension and for me that tension is a lot more important than the stable equilibrium of harmony, which doesn't interest me at all. Reality must be torn apart in every sense of the word. What people forget is that everything is unique. Nature never produces the same thing twice. Hence my stress on seeking the rapport de grand écart: a small head on a large body; a large head on a small body. I want to draw the mind in the direction it's not used to and wake it up. I want to help the viewer discover something he wouldn't have discovered without me. That's why I stress the dissimilarity, for example, between the left eye and the right eye. A painter shouldn't make them so similar. They're just not that way. So my purpose is to set things in movement, to provoke this movement by contradictory tensions, opposing forces, and in that tension or opposition, to find the moment which seems the most interesting to me.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Francoise Gilot" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/what-interests-me-is-to-set-up-what-you-might-call-the-rapport-de/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/francoise-gilot-21304_left-eye_what-interests-me-is-to-set-up-what-you_569319.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/francoise-gilot-21304_left-eye_what-interests-me-is-to-set-up-what-you_569319.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/francoise-gilot-21304_left-eye_what-interests-me-is-to-set-up-what-you_569319.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What interests me is to set up what you might call the rapport de grand écart - the most unexpected…” — Francoise Gilot", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I paint the way some people write their autobiography. The paintings, finished or not, are the pages of my journal, and as such they are valid. The future will choose the pages it prefers. It's not up to me to make the choice. I have the impression that the time is speading on past me more and more rapidly. I'm like a river that rolls on, dragging with it the trees that grow too close to its banks or dead calves one might have thrown into it or any kind of microbes that develop in it. I carry all that along with me and go on. It's the movement of painting that interests me, the dramatic movement from one effort to the next, even if those efforts are perhaps not pushed to their ultimate end. In some of my paintings I can say with certainty that the effort has been brought to its full weight and its conclusion, because there I have been able to stop the flow of time around me. I have less and less time, and yet I have more and more to say, and what I have to say is,increasingly, something about what goes on in the movement of my thought. I've reached the moment, you see, when the movement of my thought interests me more than the thought itself.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Francoise Gilot" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francoise-gilot/i-paint-the-way-some-people-write-their-autobiography-the-paintings/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e77/francoise-gilot-21304_artist_i-paint-the-way-some-people-write-their_2652784.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e77/francoise-gilot-21304_artist_i-paint-the-way-some-people-write-their_2652784.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e77/francoise-gilot-21304_artist_i-paint-the-way-some-people-write-their_2652784.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I paint the way some people write their autobiography. 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We should make a minimum of gestures, pronounce a minimum of words, even see each other as seldom as possible, if that would prolong things. We don't know how much of everything we have ahead of us so we have to take the greatest precautions not to destroy the beauty of what we have. Everything exists in limited quantity-especially happiness. If a love is to come into being, it is all written down somewhere, and also its duration and content. If you could arrive at the complete intensity the first day, it would be ended the first day. And so if it's something you want so much that you'd like to have it prolonged in time, you must be extremely careful not to make the slightest excessive demand that might prevent it from developing to the greatest extent over the longest period...If the wings of the butterfly are to keep their sheen, you mustn't touch them. We mustn't abuse something which is to bring light into both our lives. Everything else in my life only weighs me down and shuts out the light. This thing wih you seems like a window that is opening up. 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