Pablo Picasso Art Quotes

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What did Pablo Picasso say about Art?

Pablo Picasso has written many quotes about Art. E.g.,

  • The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
  • The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.
  • Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

What are the top most famous Art quotes by Pablo Picasso?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Art by Pablo Picasso.

  • The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
  • The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.
  • Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
  • Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.
  • Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
  • Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.
  • Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.
  • Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don't start measuring her limbs.
  • Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
  • There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.