Pablo Picasso

"A child sees things with clarity unobscured by prejudice."

"The unconscious mind is as much a partner in creation as the conscious."

"Without great solitude, no serious work is possible."

"We keep doing the same thing and expecting different results - that is insanity."

"The public is not a partner in the creative process."

"I have never made transitions. I have only destroyed what I was."

"Desire is the beginning of all desiring."

"The truth is a pathless land."

"An idea is a starting point of all knowing."

"When I was a child I drew like the masters. It took me a lifetime to learn to draw like a child."

"I am always with myself, and my company is plentiful."

"Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew."

"Art should not be about bringing attention to yourself, but rather to your work."

"The style of an artist's work is the ultimate signature of his being."

"Money and genius happen to be on slightly different planes."

"The Italians have taught me something about style and structure."

"We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are."

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without any loss of enthusiasm."

"The first hundred years are the hardest."

"Forget about style. Just paint or write or make music or write poetry. It matters that it comes from inside you."

"We artists are indestructible; even if we are destroyed, we always spring up again."

"The spirit of the work speaks louder than the technique employed."

"All children are artists. The problem is remaining an artist once you grow up."

"I want to be a slave only to my passion."

"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth."

"Passion for what you do is the essential ingredient of success."

"Every moment of our lives we are making choices."

"The worst thing is to sit with your hands folded."

"Truth cannot come through violence."

"In art, intention is not as important as execution."