Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France.
Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist
It takes a very long time to become young
The chief enemy of creativity is good sense
Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life
For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music
The soul is neither inside nor outside the body; neither proximate to nor separate from it
Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others
We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression
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