It's not what the artist does that counts; it's what he is.
Almost every evening, either I went to [Georges] Braque's studio or Braque came to mine. Each of us had to see what the other had done during the day. We criticized each other's work. A canvas wasn't finished unless both of us felt it was.
Those trying to explain pictures are as a rule completely mistaken.
When they say that I am too old to make a thing, I try to make it immediately.
Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?
The urge to destroy is also a creative urge.