"When I am finished painting, I paint..." - Quote by Pablo Picasso

“That inspiration comes, does not depend on me. The only thing I can do is make sure it catches me working.”

“In art intentions are not sufficient and, as we say in Spanish, love must be proved by deeds and not by reasons. What one does is what counts and not what one had the intention of doing.”

“One cannot be a sorcerer all the time. How could one live?”

“The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always waiting for its poet”

“Simplicity is a delicate imposition.”

“France lost a great novel last night.”

“When I hear artists or authors making fun of businessmen, I think of a regiment in which the band makes fun of the cooks.”

“Most men, even in this comparatively free country, through mere ignorance and mistake, are so occupied with the factitious cares and superfluously coarse labors of life that its finer fruits cannot be plucked by them.”

“The fundamental reality for every worker, from sweeper to executive vice-president, is the eight hours or so that he spends on the job. In our society of organizations, it is the job through which the great majority has access to achievement, to fulfillment, and to community.”