Inspiration Through Art – Timeless Quotes by Picasso

Inspiration Through Art – Timeless Quotes by Picasso part 1

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

There are no accidents in art.

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

To draw, you must close your eyes and sing.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

The purpose of art is not a rarified, intellectual distillate; it is life, intensified, brilliant life.

All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

Every creation is a journey into a new world.

Inspiration Through Art – Timeless Quotes by Picasso part 2

Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.

What one does is what counts. Not what one had the intention of doing.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.

The chief enemy of creativity is ‘good’ sense.

A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.

I don’t seek. I find.

It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.

A painting is not a picture of an experience, but is the experience.

You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.

Art is the most beautiful of all lies.

Inspiration Through Art – Timeless Quotes by Picasso part 3

You can’t search for inspiration. You have to create it.

Art is a reflection of the mind’s depth.

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

Creative people are curious, flexible, and independent.

Anything you can imagine is real.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

There’s no such thing as an original idea, only original interpretations.

Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.

The more I paint, the more I realize it is all about the feeling.

I spend a lot of time thinking about things that interest me.

Inspiration Through Art – Timeless Quotes by Picasso part 4

Art is a journey, not a destination.

The artist is a receptacle for the emotions that come from all over the place.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

I am my own muse.

The only thing that matters is that I’m expressing myself.

I paint my own reality.

If I knew what it was I was doing, I wouldn’t call it art.

Art is the expression of the imagination.

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.

A photograph can be an artist’s memory.

Inspiration Through Art – Timeless Quotes by Picasso part 5

Art is the most beautiful deception of all.

Light is the key to perception.

Every artist was first an amateur.

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.

Art is where the heart is.