I'm always doing things I can't do. That's how I get to do them.

Whether he wants it or not, man is the instrument of nature; she imposes on him character and appearance.

My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.

They'll sell you thousands of greens. Veronese green and emerald green and cadmium green and any sort of green you like; but that particular green, never.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

Everything exists in limited quantity - especially happiness.

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