A THREAD on insightful quotes by Pablo Picasso:
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Everybody has the same energy potential.
The average person wastes his in a dozen little ways.
I bring mine to bear on one thing only: my paintings, and everything else is sacrificed to it...myself included.
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Everybody has the same energy potential.
The average person wastes his in a dozen little ways.
I bring mine to bear on one thing only: my paintings, and everything else is sacrificed to it...myself included.
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God is really only another artist.
He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat.
He has no real style, he just goes on trying other things.
God is really only another artist.
He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat.
He has no real style, he just goes on trying other things.
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Painting it's a blind man profession.
Painter is painting not what he sees but what he feels.
Painting it's a blind man profession.
Painter is painting not what he sees but what he feels.
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We artists are indestructible;
even in a prison, or in a concentration camp, I would be almighty in my own world of art,
even if I had to paint my pictures with my wet tongue on the dusty floor of my cell.
We artists are indestructible;
even in a prison, or in a concentration camp, I would be almighty in my own world of art,
even if I had to paint my pictures with my wet tongue on the dusty floor of my cell.
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Everything is a miracle.
It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's bath like a lump of sugar.
Everything is a miracle.
It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's bath like a lump of sugar.
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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.
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Every child is an artist.
The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
Every child is an artist.
The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
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You don't make art, you find it.
You don't make art, you find it.
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You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.
You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.
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Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.
Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.
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Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
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Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.
Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.
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I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.
I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.
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People who read are people who dream.
People who read are people who dream.
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Others have seen what is and asked why.
I have seen what could be and asked why not.
Others have seen what is and asked why.
I have seen what could be and asked why not.
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The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.
The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.
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The world doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?
The world doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?
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People want to find a meaning in everything and everyone.
That's the disease of our age.
People want to find a meaning in everything and everyone.
That's the disease of our age.
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The meaning of life is to find your gift.
The purpose of life is to give it away.
The meaning of life is to find your gift.
The purpose of life is to give it away.
