Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was a Spanish artist.
Sourced quotes
- "For a long time I limited myself to one colour — as a form of discipline."[1]
- Simple: For a long time I used only one main colour when I painted, to train myself.
- "It means nothing to me. I have no opinion about it, and I don't care."[2]
- Simple: I don't care or have any thought about it.
- "People who try to explain pictures are usually barking up the wrong tree."[3]
- "Painting isn't an aesthetic operation; it's a form of magic designed as mediator between this strange hostile world and us."[4]
- "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."[5]
- Simple: All children are artists. The problem is how to stay an artist when the child grows up.
- What it means: When you grow up, you lose the creativity you had when you were a child.
References
- ↑ On his "blue" and "rose" periods, from Picasso on Art
- ↑ On the first moon landing, The New York Times
- ↑ Picasso on Art (1988) edited by Dore Ashton
- ↑ The Golden Ratio by Mario Livio, p. 159
- ↑ Quoted in Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time. Laurence J. Peter. Bantam Books, New York NY, USA. 1977/1979. Page 25.
Other websites
Pablo Picasso on Wikipedia
Pablo Picasso on Wikimedia Commons
Picasso's painting sold for $95.2 million on the English Wikinews
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