Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.
— Pablo Picasso: Metamorphoses of the Human Form : Graphic Works, 1895-1972
Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter and sculptor who spent most of his adult life in France and is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. He is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, inventing constructed sculpture, co-inventing collage, and exploring a wide variety of styles.
He began formal training under his father, José Ruiz y Blasco, at the age of seven and painted in a naturalistic manner through his childhood. After 1906 the work of Henri Matisse pushed him toward more radical styles, beginning a rivalry in which critics often paired the two as the leaders of modern art. Among his most famous works are Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and the anti-war painting Guernica. His career spanned more than 76 years, until his death in 1973.
He began formal training under his father, José Ruiz y Blasco, at the age of seven and painted in a naturalistic manner through his childhood. After 1906 the work of Henri Matisse pushed him toward more radical styles, beginning a rivalry in which critics often paired the two as the leaders of modern art. Among his most famous works are Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and the anti-war painting Guernica. His career spanned more than 76 years, until his death in 1973.
I am a Communist and my painting is Communist painting.
— Picasso on Art: A Selection of Views
Everything you can imagine is real.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things.
It takes a very long time to become young.
Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? no. Just as one can never learn how to paint.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.