Picasso Quotes

154 Picasso quotes by 126 unique authors

Raising a child is a little like Picasso's work; in the beginning he did very conventional representational things. Cubism came after he had the rules… — Anna Quindlen
I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor's office was full of portraits by Picasso. — Rita Rudner
Turns out Picasso's passion for uncertainty, mystery, and the thrill of life never ended. — Jerry Saltz
It took the Metropolitan Museum of Art nearly 50 years to wake up to Pablo Picasso. It didn't own one of his paintings until 1946,… — Jerry Saltz
Now people look at 'The Scream' or Van Gogh's 'Irises' or a Picasso and see its new content: money. Auction houses inherently equate capital with… — Jerry Saltz
You can take things that Jimi Hendrix took, from Curtis Mayfield or from Buddy Guy for example, because we are all children of everything, even… — Carlos Santana
When I was 12, I wrote a list of things to do before I died. 'Own a Picasso' was one of those things. — Jill Scott
What a model of an artist was for me was an artist who worked. Picasso was the ultimate model, because the work ethic he had. — Patti Smith
Since childhood, it was my dream to go where all the poets and artists had been. Rimbaud, Artaud, Brancusi, Camus, Picasso, Bresson, Goddard, Jeanne Moreau,… — Patti Smith
Picasso once remarked I do not care who it is that has or does influence me as long as it is not myself. — Gertrude Stein
You don't buy a Picasso because you love the frame. — Joss Whedon
I don't want to compare myself to Picasso, but he had four or five periods in his life. Any good artist grows and changes and… — Tucker Max
You have to distinguish between things that seemed odd when they were new but are now quite familiar, such as Ibsen and Wagner, and things… — Philip Larkin
Sure, I can talk like you, but I choose not to, It's like an art, you know? Picasso had to prove to the world he… — Neal Shusterman
My face becomes a Picasso sketch, my body slicing into pieces. — Laurie Halse Anderson
perhaps I possess a certain Midwestern sensibility that I inherited from my mother and her parents, a sensibility that Warren Buffet seems to share: that… — Barack Obama
Memories are like a still life painted by ten different student artists: some will be blue-based; others red; some will be as stark as Picasso… — Jodi Picoult
What a genius, that Picasso. It is a pity he doesn't paint. — Marc Chagall
Picasso had a saying - 'good artists copy, great artists steal' - and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas. — Walter Isaacson
Picasso.â€ He whispers like a priest. â€œPicasso. Who saw the truth. Who painted the truth, molded it, ripped from the earth with two angry hands. — Laurie Halse Anderson

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