Something sacred, that's it. We ought to be able to say that such and such a painting is as it is, with its capacity for power, because it is "touched by God."
Pablo PicassoI simply painted images of what was before my eyes; it is for others to find hidden meaning in them.
Pablo PicassoThe connoisseur of painting gives only bad advice to the painter. For that reason I have given up trying to judge myself.
Pablo PicassoIt is my misfortune - and probably my delight - to use things as my passions tell me. What a miserable fate for a painter who adores blondes to have to stop himself putting them into a picture because they don't go with the basket of fruit! . . . I put all the things I like into my pictures. The things - so much the worse for them. They just have to put up with it.
Pablo Picasso