The revolutionary artist does not only focus on the negative aspects of capitalist lives, but also creates visions of a revolutionary future.

In drawing, nothing is better than the first attempt.

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.

The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face.

I've reached the moment where the movement of my thought interests me more than the thought itself.

When I enter the studio, I leave my body at the door the way the Moslems leave their shoes when they enter the mosque, and I only allow my spirit to go in there and paint.

I don't own any of my own paintings because a Picasso original costs several thousand dollars and that's a luxury I cannot afford.