Pain has its reasons, pleasure is totally indifferent.
Francis Picabia

Between my head and my hand, there is always the face of death.
Francis Picabia

The essence of a man is found in his faults.
Francis Picabia

Men have always need of god! A god to defend them against other men.
Francis Picabia

A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself.
Francis Picabia

If you want to have clean ideas, change them as often as your shirt.
Francis Picabia

Youth doesn't reason, it acts. The old man reasons and would like to make the others act in his place.
Francis Picabia

A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone.
Francis Picabia