“An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought”

“I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else. ”

“Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun. ”

“There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into sun”

“You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.”

“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.”

“When I was a child my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk, you'll be the pope.' Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.”