God invented concubinage, satan marriage.

- Francis Picabia

The family spirit has rendered man carnivorous.

- Francis Picabia

The essence of a man is found in his faults.

- 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

Pain has its reasons, pleasure is totally indifferent.

- Francis Picabia

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

- Francis Picabia

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

- Francis Picabia

Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery.

- Francis Picabia

Let us never forget that the greatest man is never more than an animal disguised as a god.

- Francis Picabia

A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself.

- Francis Picabia

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

- Francis Picabia

Only useless things are indispensable.

- Francis Picabia

The world is divided into two categories: failures and unknowns.

- Francis Picabia

My ass contemplates those who talk behind my back.

- Francis Picabia

Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth.

- Francis Picabia

My arse contemplates those who talk behind my back.

- Francis Picabia

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

- Francis Picabia

Good taste is as tiring as good company.

- Francis Picabia