Francoise Gilot quotes

Françoise Gilot was a renowned French artist and writer, celebrated for her vivid use of color and dynamic compositions. Her career spanned over seven decades, and she was also known for her relationship with Pablo Picasso. She inspired generations of artists and is acclaimed for her independence and lifelong creative spirit. Here are 5 of her quotes:

For me, style is essentially doing things well. If you want to be outrageous, be outrageous with style. If you want to be restrained, be restrained with style. One can't specifically define style. It's like the perfume to a flower. It's a quality you can't analyze.

Francoise Gilot

To change your mind about something is always difficult. I think that people who are big enough to admit they were wrong can be counted on your fingers.

Francoise Gilot

'Matisse and Picasso' is a little like Plato after Socrates. Socrates only taught in words. He didn't write. And after that, you had Plato and Aristotle to write about what he had said. I write about them because they didn't write about them.

Francoise Gilot

I don't write diaries and things like that, but I have a fantastic memory. I call that like a magic carpet. I can really concentrate and travel back in the past I don't know how many years from now and evoke that space if I wanted.

Francoise Gilot