Art(212)

"Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game."
Octavio Paz

"You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?"
Bernadette Peters

"The artist is a receptacle for the emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web."
Pablo Picasso

"Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun."
Pablo Picasso

"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."
Pablo Picasso

"Give me a museum and I'll fill it."
Pablo Picasso

"Painting is just another way of keeping a diary."
Pablo Picasso

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."
Pablo Picasso

"We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth."
Pablo Picasso

"My mother said to me, "If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope." Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso."
Pablo Picasso