Quotes of: Picasso Keyword

Art teaches you the philosophy of life, and if you can't learn it from art, you can't learn it at all. It shows you that there is no perfection. There is light, and there is shadow. Everything is in half tint.

William Morris Hunt

When all is said and done scholars can do no more than find in nature what is already there.

The Journal of Eugene Delacroix

… the best time to plant a tree is always twenty years ago. If, for some reason, you did not plant it then, the next best time to plant a tree is now.

Pig's Foot

A highbrow is the kind of person who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.

Uncommon Law: Being 66 Misleading Cases

Protector and destroyer were two sides of the same coin. Who knew which one would come out in a toss-up?

Wildfire

Beautiful colors exist, though we do not realize it, and are glimpsed behind the veil that modesty has drawn over them.

The Writings of a Savage

...solitude is not to be recommended to everyone, for you have to be strong in order to bear it and act alone.

The Writings of a Savage

Boxes of toilet paper make the best birthday presents. They really show I give a shit.

A Zebra is the Piano of the Animal Kingdom

We all have special numbers in our lives, and 4 is that for me. It's the day I was born. My mother's birthday, and a lot of my friends' birthdays, are on the fourth; April 4 is my wedding date.

Beyonce Knowles

The main prank that we play with props is for people's birthdays. The special effects people will put a little explosive in the cake so it blows up in their face - that's always fun to play on a guest star, or one of the trainees or someone who's new...

Catherine Bell

They decided as part of my 75th birthday celebrations that I would be entitled to fly first class. I'll be honest, I'm not good at flying anymore. To my credit, I can stretch out on two coach seats.

Chuck Feeney

I've raced on all seven continents at least twice. I've probably run thousands of races. But the single race that I'm most proud is a 10K. Yes, a 10K. I ran it with my daughter on her 10th birthday.

Dean Karnazes

I have an extensive library - every birthday when I was a kid my parents would ask what movie or book I wanted, so I have built up a big collection over the years.

Mark Bridges

Just before my 16th birthday, Natalie Dormer said to me, 'As soon as you turn 16, you're going to work adult hours. People will try take advantage of you, so it's important not to be a pushover.'

Sophie Turner

I remember when you used to have your profession on your passport and I always thought that being a painter was the best one to be, because my heroes were Goya and Francis Bacon.

Damien Hirst

I'm pretty demanding with myself and my work, and I always put a lot of pressure on myself. I try to do the best job I can every time.

Fede Alvarez

The several tribes of Indians inhabiting the regions of the Upper Missouri, and of whom I spoke in my last Letter, are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed of any on the Continent.

George Catlin

I looked long and carefully at the picture of a stag painted by Landseer - the style was good, and the brush was handled with fine effect; but he fails in copying Nature, without which the best work will be a failure.

John James Audubon

When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection.

Agnes Martin: Writings

Things aren't much wilder now, I don't think, than they were back then. Of course I just read about all the goings-on now. Ha.

Norman Rockwell

No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He's got to put all his talent and feeling into them!

Norman Rockwell