the daily zen: 10 Lessons From Picasso

? ? ?Pablo Picasso was a controversial figure. ?Politics and personal life aside, though, there's one quality most people can agree on concerning Picasso: ?he was a master of his craft. ?He devoted his life to one fervent passion and ended up revolutionizing the art world and prolifically producing paintings and sculpture through many decades of movements. ?Some of these quotes are more art-pertinent than others, but they can help inspire you regardless of your career or aspirations.
? ? ?I'd say the most important takeaways of what I've learned from Picasso are as follows:

• Do what you love, don't try?what you love. ?
• Only action will get you anywhere, and the most powerful thing you can do with yourself is direct your creative energy towards a specific pursuit.
• Do it individually, without overthinking or self-consciousness.
• If you can't find inspiration or motivation, quit whining and just do it.

? ? ? I'll let you analyze the rest:

?Everybody has the same energy potential. The average person wastes his in a dozen little ways. I bring mine to bear on one thing only: my paintings, and everything else is sacrificed to it.??

?Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.??

?Everything you can imagine is real.??

?Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone?

?The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.??

?Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.??

?It takes a very long time to become young.??

?If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.??

?He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.?

?Action is the foundational key to all success. ??

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