When we discovered cubism, we did not have the aim of discovering cubism. We only wanted to express what was in us.

If I were to sign it now, I'd be committing forgery. I'd be putting my 1943 signature on a canvas painted in 1922.

If I could say this I wouldn't have to paint.

"Picasso" is of Italian origin, as you know. And the name a person bears or adopts has its importance.

To draw you must close your eyes and sing.

I have always believed and still believe that artists who live and work with spiritual values cannot and should not remain indifferent to the conflict in which the highest values of humanity and civilization are at stake.

Art is a lie that makes us realise truth ... that is given us to understand.