My whole life has been nothing more than a continuous struggle against Reaction and the death of art.
Pablo PicassoRead
It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
Interpretation
Your lifeβs work can be incredibly captivating and draws people in.
In this quote, Pablo Picasso emphasizes the idea that the work you create throughout your life has a powerful allure and can deeply resonate with others. It suggests that the quality and impact of your contributions can not only define your legacy but also inspire and attract admiration from those around you, much like the art that moves us emotionally.
In practice
During a motivational speech about pursuing one's passions.
My whole life has been nothing more than a continuous struggle against Reaction and the death of art.
Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.
In drawing, nothing is better than the first attempt.
He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.
You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.
I paint the way someone bites his fingernails; for me, painting is a bad habit because I don't know nor can I do anything else.
He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every bound Pressing, and seeming still to quit his ground.
Careers don't interest me. The only thing that interests me is continuing to be a poet on one level or another, whether acting or writing or directing.
I mean, give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string, I wouldn't get bored anywhere.
Finding beauty in a broken world is creating beauty in the world we find.
A modern building should derive its architectural significance solely from the vigour and consequence of its own organic proportions. It must be true to itself, logically transparent, and virginal of lies or trivialities.
Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something.
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