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Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso first learned how to be an artist from his father and most often from then on, by other art teachers at the art schools his father taught in. He dropped out of college-level art school after a year and went to Paris, the art capitol of Europe to make his living as an artist. He was extremely poor for the first few years in Paris, but over time his career flourished. At a recent exhibition of his art and the art of other famous modern artists at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN, it showed how Picasso led the way for most every innovation in sculpture and painting in the 20th century.

“Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.”

“Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.”

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”

“If there were only one truth, you couldn’t paint a hundred canvases on the same theme.”

“There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.”

- Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

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Pablo Picasso was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. The Guinness Book of World Records names Picasso as the most prolific painter who ever lived. Here are two of his inspiring quotes:

“Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.”

“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”

- Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

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