"Without great solitude no serious work is..." - Quote by Pablo Picasso

“You can go to the moon or walk under the sea, or anything else you like, but painting remains painting because it eludes such investigation. It remains there like a question. And it alone gives the answer.”

“To me there is no past or future in art. If a work of art does not live in the present, it must not be considered at all.”

“"Picasso" is of Italian origin, as you know. And the name a person bears or adopts has its importance.”

“There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of work.”

“There is no unhappiness like the misery of sighting land (and work) again after a cheerful, careless voyage.”

“This mad rush for wealth must cease and the labourer must be assured not only of a living wage but, also a daily task that is not mere drudgery.”

“Out alone in the winter rain, / Intent on giving and taking pain.”

“There's something wonderful about drinking in the afternoon. A not-too-cold pint, absolutely alone at the bar - even in this fake-ass Irish pub.”

“A man of intellect is like an artist who gives a concert without any help from anyone else, playing on a single instrument--a piano, say, which is a little orchestra in itself. Such a man is a little world in himself; and the effect produced by various instruments together, he produces single-handed, in the unity of his own consciousness. Like the piano, he has no place in a symphony; he is a soloist and performs by himself--in soli tude, it may be; or if in the company with other instruments, only as principal; or for setting the tone, as in singing.”