My whole life has been nothing more than a continuous struggle against Reaction and the death of art.
Painting is a jeu d'esprit.
The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.
It seems strange to me that someone thought of making marble statues.
We have a definite but unknown quantity of experience at our disposal. As soon as the hourglass is turned, the sand will begin to run out and once it starts, it cannot stop until it's all gone.
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.