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“Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not. ”
― Pablo Picasso: Metamorphoses of the Human Form : Graphic Works, 1895-1972
― Pablo Picasso: Metamorphoses of the Human Form : Graphic Works, 1895-1972
“The man with no imagination has no wings.”
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“What do you think an artist is? An imbecile who only has eyes, if he is a painter, or ears if he is a musician, or a lyre in every chamber of his heart if he is a poet, or even, if he is a boxer, just his muscles? Far from it: at the same time he is also a political being, constantly aware of the heartbreaking, passionate, or delightful things that happen in the world, shaping himself completely in their image. How could it be possible to feel no interest in other people, and with a cool indifference to detach yourself from the very life which they bring to you so abundantly? No, painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war.”
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“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
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“When I was a child my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk, you'll be the pope.' Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.”
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