"Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird?"
"My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso."
61 likes
Source: Life with Picasso by François Gilot, (p. 60), 1964.
About the author
Same author
More quotes by Pablo Picasso
"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away."
"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it."
"Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist."
"Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone."
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."