Pablo Picasso is undoubtedly one of the greatest artists of all time and has produced an impressive number of artworks, but not only that, the Spanish painter has also delighted the public with some wonderful quotes.

Covering subjects related to art as well as life in general, halfway between provocation and dazzle, these selected pieces of words are a concentrate that allows us to better understand the personality of Pablo Picasso.

It was not easy to choose, but here are the 10 Picasso quotes that we consider the most remarkable.

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by Art Shortlist - December 20, 2022


1 - It took me my whole life to learn to draw like a child.




2 - Everything you can imagine is real.




3 - I do not seek, I find.




4 - I put in my paintings everything I like. Too bad for the things, they only have to arrange themselves between them.




5 - Give me a museum and I'll fill it.




6 - A picture lives only by the one who looks at it.




7 - I do not evolve, I am. There is, in art, neither past, nor future. Art that is not in the present will never be.




8 - In my opinion to search means nothing in painting. To find is the thing.




9 - We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.




10 - If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme.




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