All Art Is Subversive.

I Imitate Everyone Except Myself.

When German Soldiers Used To Come To My Studio And Look At My Pictures Of Guernica, They'd Ask 'did You Do This?'. And I'd Say, 'no, You Did.'

If I Had Known There Was Such A Thing As Islamic Calligraphy, I Would Never Have Started To Paint. I Have Strived To Reach The Highest Levels Of Artistic Mastery, But I Found That Islamic Calligraphy Was There Ages Before I Was.

What Might Be Taken For A Precocious Genius Is The Genius Of Childhood. When The Child Grows Up, It Disappears Without A Trace. It May Happen That This Boy Will Become A Real Painter Some Day, Or Even A Great Painter. But Then He Will Have To Begin Everything Again, From Zero.

I Am A Communist And My Painting Is A Communist Painting. But If I Were A Shoemaker, Royalist Or Communist Or Anything Else, I Would Not Necessarily Hammer My Shoes In Any Special Way To Show My Politics.