Pablo Picasso Quotes

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

Art is the most beautiful of all lies.

Art is truth.

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.

Art is not truth; art is the lie which makes us see the truth.

You know what ART stands for? Above Real Truth.

In the end, fiction is the craft of telling truth through lies.

Truthfullness to life-both fantasy life and factual life-is the basis of all great art.

Films are always a fiction, not documentary. Even a documentary is a kind of fiction.

Poetry lies its way to the truth.

Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.

Sometimes my art is just an illusion - or is it?

The focus of subjectivity is a distorting mirror.

I think no artist can claim to have any access to the truth, or an authentic version of an event. But obviously they have slightly better means at their disposal because they have their art to energize whatever it is they're trying to write about. They have music.

Truth is always a delusion.

Through a painting we can see the whole world.

I think art is more glorious than life but not more real.

The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode.

While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.

Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth.

Sometimes the truth is more than the sum of the facts.

Lying and art are very allied. But after you lie, you get to the truth.

This is why fiction is an art, and life is not - how much more affecting is the lie than the truth.

Art, I've always believed, is more real than life.