Art Is The Elimination Of The Unnecessary.

Art Is The Lie That Enables Us To Realize The Truth.

Photography Has Arrived At The Point Where It Is Capable Of Liberating Painting From All Literature, From The Anecdote, And Even From The Subject. In Any Case, A Certain Aspect Of The Subject Now Belongs To The Domain Of Photography. So Shouldn't Painters Profit From Their Newly Acquired Liberty, And Make Use Of It To Do Other Things?

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.'

I Am Always Doing That Which I Cannot Do, In Order That I May Learn How To Do It.

To Know What You're Going To Draw, You Have To Begin Drawing.