Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy… — Pablo Picasso · Skopia

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Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others.

In the original French

C'est dangereux le succès. On commence à se copier soi-même et se copier soi-même est plus dangereux que de copier les autres.

1956

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Picasso, Pablo. "Picasso." Interviewed by Alexander Liberman. Vogue, 1 Nov. 1956.

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