Asks Quote by Hugh Newell Jacobsen

I once had the nerve to ask Picasso the question, 'What is art?' He answered, 'Art is a lie which makes us see the…

— James Dickey

Picasso only registers the deformities which have not yet penetrated our consciousness. Art is a mirror which goes 'fast' like a watch - sometimes.

— Franz Kafka

What a genius, that Picasso. It is a pity he doesn't paint.

— Marc Chagall

Picasso's sculpture has incredible strength combined with a lack of pomposity.

— Roy Lichtenstein

“In children's art class we sat in a ring of kindergarten chairs and drew three daffodils that had just been picked out of the…

— Eudora Welty

When Picasso paints as a cubist, putting one tone next to another, the arrangement of planes is fine and the results very storng. But…

— Aristide Maillol

There's no such thing as a bad Picasso, but some are less good than others.

— Pablo Picasso

“Picasso has magical eyes. He sees the world so differently than we do, but he is able to make us understand what he sees.…

— Robert Sharenow

Picasso says that an artists paints not to ask a question but because he has found something and he wants to share—he cannot help…

— Madeleine L'Engle

You don't buy a Picasso because you love the frame.

— Joss Whedon

“There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. —Pablo Picasso”

— Edward B. Burger

Picasso was hugely innovative, and, wow, did he have facility, amazing ability, but I don't think he painted a masterpiece.

— John Hurt