An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought.

Quote by Pablo Picasso

Topics: Departure Quotes

To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic

To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's...

Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's...

It takes a long time to become young.

It takes a long time to become young.

I should like to live like a poor man, with a great deal of money.

I should like to live like a poor man, with a great deal of money.

Drink to me.

I'd like to live like a poor man with lots of money.

I'd like to live like a poor man with lots of money.

Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of...

Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of...

When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier,...

When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier,...

Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain...

Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain...

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.

Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.

We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions....

We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions....

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.

Accidents, try to change them -- it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.

Accidents, try to change them -- it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.

You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it...

You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it...

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may...

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may...

A man's mind stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original...

A man's mind stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original...

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...