Pablo Picasso

"I found out long ago that life disappoints me less often than I disappoint myself."

"When inspiration doesn't come, I work anyway."

"It is only the first step that costs."

"Every act of creation is an act of destruction."

"Technique is important, but love is essential."

"I am a man of many parts, working in many ways."

"In art, intention matters."

"We don't grow older, we grow riper."

"I often invent my subjects as I paint them."

"The role of the artist is to make the revolution."

"Anything you do from the heart is art."

"Color is a power which directly influences the soul."

"When I was a child, I could draw like Raphael, but it took me a lifetime to learn to draw like a child."

"Rhythm is the basis of all life."

"Truth is something so noble that if it praises me it makes me blush."

"The beauty of a woman must be felt, not just seen."

"I close my eyes in order to see."

"The painter passes through states of fullness and emptiness."

"Art is mathematics made visible."

"I can paint whatever I want whenever I want."

"Necessity creates more and better forms than luxury."

"Life makes no sense without interdependence."

"My hand is the extension of my thought."

"Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives."

"Discipline is important, but so is knowing when to break the rules."

"What matters is that one must arrive at one's destination."

"Work gives you meaning and purpose."

"The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies."

"Haste and speed are not really a virtue."

"I became a great artist through determination."