The purpose of Art is to create enthusiasm.

To know what you’re going to draw, you have to begin drawing... When I find myself facing a blank page, that’s always going through my head. What I capture in spite of myself interests me more than my own ideas.

There's nothing so similar to one poodle dog as another poodle dog, and that goes for women, too.

Painting is a jeu d'esprit.

When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks, many people all around will be sucked down with it.

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.

Painting isn't made for the decoration of apartments; it is a weapon to be used offensively and defensively against the enemy.