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.
There's no reason music should be difficult for an audience to understand.
Lie to me by the moonlight. Do a fabulous story.
In a live performance, it's a collaboration with the audience; you ride the ebb and flow of the crowd's energy. On television, you don't have that.
I hear the singing of the lives of women. They clear mystery, the offering, and pride.
What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.
Writers end up writing stories-or rather, stories' shadows-and they're grateful if they can, but it is not enough. Nothing the writer can do is ever enough
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