It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.

It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child

I used to draw like Raphael, but it has taken me a whole lifetime to learn to draw like a child

I don't paint things the way I see them, but the way I think them.

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

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 end up as the Pope.' Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.