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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“It takes a very long time to become young.”

“We have a definite but unknown quantity of experience at our disposal. As soon as the hourglass is turned, the sand will begin to run out and once it starts, it cannot stop until it's all gone.”