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Pablo Picasso Quotes

Enjoy the Wisdom in These Pablo Picasso Quotes

By Simran Khurana, About.com

Did you know that Pablo Picasso's full name was Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso? Apparently, his parents gave him a name that honored many saints and close relatives. Pablo Picasso, as he was commonly known, was a Spanish painter whose genius is known all over the world. In fact, the word "Picasso" has become synonymous with "great painter." So, if you have a "Picasso" within you, nurture it and let your creative juices flow.

Art
Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Art
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Belief
Everything you can imagine is real.

Optimism
I am always doing things, I can't do, that's how I get to do them.

Art
I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

Art
Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Art
The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.

Creativity
There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.

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