"There are painters who transform the sun..." - Quote by Pablo Picasso

“Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.”

“When you begin a picture you often make some pretty discoveries. You must be on guard against these. Destroy the thing, do it over several times. In each destroying of a beautiful discovery, the artist does not really suppress it, but rather condenses it, makes it more substantial. What comes out in the end is the result of discarded finds. Otherwise you become your own connoisseur.”

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

“These paper boats of mine are meant to dance on the ripples of hours, and not reach any destination.”

“I am writing Parsifal only for my wife - if I had to depend on the German spirit, I should have nothing more to say.”

“Music is the poor man's Parnassus.”

“There is always room and occasion enough for a true book on any subject; as there is room for more light the brightest day and more rays will not interfere with the first.”

“Some people do not become thinkers simply because their memories are too good.”

“For an entertainer, part of the thing you do is just style. And the coke did help me get into great runs of pure form.”