"I understand my own pictures best six..." - Quote by Pablo Picasso

“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.”

“The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face.”

“Art is never chaste. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with those not sufficiently prepared. Yes, art is dangerous. Where it is chaste, it is not art.”

“Listen to some good poetry. You see? It keeps us from thinking we are only what our blatant appetites describe us as.”

“The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader.”

“Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art. ...because of the importance it places on the individual, their liberty, self-expression, creativity, and personal responsibility.”

“There is a progression of understanding vis-à-vis pro football that varies drastically with the factor of distance --physical, emotional, intellectual and every other way. . . Which is exactly the way it should be . . .”

“It seems the older you get, the more life comes into focus.”

“I don’t understand anything...and I no longer want to understand anything. I want to stick to the fact...If I wanted to understand something, I would immediately have to betray the fact, but I’ve made up my mind to stick to the fact.”