I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.

God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things.

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

A Picasso original costs several thousand dollars and that’s a luxury I cannot afford.

I used to draw like Raphael, but it has taken me a whole lifetime to learn to draw like a child.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

The world today doesn’t make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

My mother said to me, “If you become a soldier, you’ll be a general; if you become a monk, you’ll end up as the pope.” Instead, I became a painter, and wound up Picasso.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.