Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)Working with Cubism

Self-Portrait, 1906, Oil Self-Portrait, 1907, Oil

“Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?”-Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso, Photograph of the artist Pablo Picasso, Photograph of the artist

“When individuality appears, that’s the beginning of art.”-Pablo Picasso

The Old Guitarist, 1903 Blue Period 1901-1904

Garcon a la pipe, 1905, (Boy with a pipe) Rose Period 1904-1906 Sold for US$104 million at Sotheby’s May 4, 2004

“I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.”-Pablo Picasso

Bust of a Woman: Study for Demoiselles D’Avignon, 1907 African-influenced Period

Self-Portrait, 1907, African-influenced period

“Are we to paint what’s on the face, what’s inside the face, or what’s behind it?”

-Pablo Picasso

Man with a Violin,1911-1912 Analytic Cubism (1909-1912) Pierrot and Harlequin, 1920

“I wish to show two views of an, object at the same time, that is, in the same picture.”

-Pablo Picasso

Weeping Woman, 1937 Seated Woman (Marie-Therese Walter,

1937

“For me, ceramics is sculpture without tears.”-Pablo Picasso

“An object can be seen in many different ways.”-Pablo Picasso

“Create an object, then destroy it. Do this over several times.”-Pablo Picasso

“In a picture you look for depth. With a vase, you try to make it look flat from every direction.”

-Pablo Picasso

Head, (wide molded vase), 1956 Man Riding a Horse, (pitcher) 1951

“Sudden visions seem to force themselves on me.”-Pablo Picasso

“I do not seek, I find.” –Pablo Picasso

“When a work of art is finished, it goes on changing according to the state of mind of the viewer.”

-Pablo Picasso

“A sense of humor is what we need most.”-Pablo Picasso

Zoomorphic jug Zoomorphic jug

“ The artist is a receptacle for images that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from an

insect wing.”-Pablo Picasso

“ I love the idea of a little meal hanging on the wall.”-Pablo Picasso

“ Different motives inevitably require different methods of expression.”-Pablo Picasso