Good artists copy, great artists steal.
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Pablo Picasso was a renowned Spanish painter and sculptor who is widely regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for his innovative artistic styles, Picasso created iconic works such as "Guernica" and "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon."
1881–1973·lived 91 years
Good artists copy, great artists steal.
It takes a long time to become young.
Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.
Give me a museum and I'll fill it.
The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.
Youth has no age.Arts de France, No. 6, 1946
Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.The Artist's Way, p. 12, 1992
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
The chief enemy of creativity is 'good' sense.E
It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.What Picasso Can Teach You About Money, CBS News, 2012
Everything you can imagine is real.
My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.
I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.
We are born artists. And then society does its best to beat it out of us.Every Child Is an Artist. The Problem Is How to Remain an Artist Once He or She Grows Up, Time, 1976
Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.
All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once they grow up.Every Child Is an Artist. The Problem Is How to Remain an Artist Once He or She Grows Up, Time, 1976
Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.Attributed in: Las ciudades hablan: identidades y movimientos sociales en seis metrópolis latinoamericanas, p. 264, 1994
Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.The Los Angeles Method E-Book Introduction
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.The Purpose of Art, 1945
Action is the foundational key to all success.
That’s all 24 quotes by Pablo Picasso.