"I draw like other people bite their..." - Quote by Pablo Picasso
I draw like other people bite their nails.
More by Pablo Picasso
“If I paint a hammer and sickle people may think it is a representation of Communism, but for me it is only a hammer and sickle. I just want to reproduce the objects for what they are, not for what they mean.”
“What I find horrible nowadays is that people are always trying to find a personality for themselves. Nobody bothers about what you might call a painter's ideal... the kind that's always existed... No. They couldn't care less about that.”
“There ought to be an absolute dictatorship... a dictatorship of painters... a dictatorship of one painter... to suppress all those who have betrayed us.”
More on Drawing
“Drawing is a kind of hypnotism: one looks in such a way at the model, that he comes and takes a seat on the paper.”
“Rhythm is a perception of time... when drawing, the tiredness of the hand is a rhythm.”
“He who draws... ought to take his position so that the eye of the figure he is drawing is on a level with his own... because, generally, figures or people whom you meet in the streets all have their eyes at the same level as yours, and if you make them higher or lower you will find that your portrait will not resemble them.”
More on Habit
“It's very dangerous to mix up the words natural and habitual. We have been trained to be quite habitual at communicating in ways that are quite unnatural.”
“The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.”
“When habit has strengthened our sense of duties, they leave us no time for other things; but when young we neglect them and this gives us time for anything.”