The painting is finished when the idea has disappeared.

Truth exists; only lies are invented.

Thanks to the oval I have discovered the meaning of the horizontal and the vertical.

There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain.

Art is a wound turned into light.

The painter thinks in terms of form and color. The goal is not to be concerned with the reconstitution of an anecdotal fact, but with constitution of a pictorial fact.

Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry.

A painting without something disturbing in it – what's that?.

Art is polymorphic. A picture appears to each onlooker under a different guise.

If we had never met Picasso, would Cubism have been what it is? I think not. The meeting with Picasso was a circumstance in our lives.

When objects shattered into fragments appeared in my painting about 1909, this for me was a way of getting closest to the object... Fragmentation helped me to establish space and movement in space.

Every heart needs a cutting part sharper than a blade to stab agony

Paul was devoted to a Person, not a cause.

There's something about marriage that is not as intensely romantic or interesting as a couple's first meeting.

Everything went downhill after Lillian [Gish] left me.

I intend to be me. Whatever that is.

The mind of a drunken fool is a useless tool.

Bodily fluids and solids are universally the most disgusting things we as human beings can come upon, but as long as they are inside us, it's part of you.

Authority is conferred by position, not character.

All I liked to do when I was a kid was draw.

Mum doesn't like it when I mention that Dad's a better cook than her. He was born in Spain and spent eight years in Portugal and is exceptional at lots of cuisines.