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Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy. — Pablo Picasso · 1945Painting isn't an aesthetic operation; it's a form of magic designed as a mediator between this strange hostile world and us, a way of seizing the power by giving form to our terrors as well as our desires. — Pablo Picasso · 1964The blue period was not a question of color. It was an inner necessity to paint like that. — Pablo Picasso · 1956Painting2 quotes
Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy. — Pablo Picasso · 1945Painting isn't an aesthetic operation; it's a form of magic designed as a mediator between this strange hostile world and us, a way of seizing the power by giving form to our terrors as well as our desires. — Pablo Picasso · 1964Artistic expression1 quote
The blue period was not a question of color. It was an inner necessity to paint like that. — Pablo Picasso · 1956Artists1 quote
The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. — Pablo Picasso · 1935Astrology1 quote
Astrology is a disease, not a science. — Maimonides · 1195Borrowing and creativity1 quote
The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. — Pablo Picasso · 1935Creation of the universe1 quote
The foundation of our faith is the belief that God created the Universe from nothing; that time did not exist previously, but was created. — Maimonides · 1190Creativity1 quote
The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. — Pablo Picasso · 1935Efficiency of nature1 quote
In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary. — Maimonides · 1190Elegance of nature1 quote
In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary. — Maimonides · 1190God1 quote
The basic tenets of our Torah and its fundamental principles are thirteen in number: The first fundamental principle is the existence of the Creator. There is a being who exists in the most perfect mode of existence, and he is the cause of he existence of all other beings. — Maimonides · 1168God and creation1 quote
God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat. He has no real style. He just keeps on trying other things. — Pablo Picasso · 1964Intellectual integrity1 quote
When I find the road narrow, and can see no other way of teaching a well established truth except by pleasing one intelligent man and displeasing then thousand fools-I prefer to address myself to the man. — Maimonides · 1190Judaism1 quote
The foundation of our faith is the belief that God created the Universe from nothing; that time did not exist previously, but was created. — Maimonides · 1190Nature1 quote
In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary. — Maimonides · 1190Nature of God1 quote
The basic tenets of our Torah and its fundamental principles are thirteen in number: The first fundamental principle is the existence of the Creator. There is a being who exists in the most perfect mode of existence, and he is the cause of he existence of all other beings. — Maimonides · 1168Originality1 quote
Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. — Pablo Picasso · 1956Pros and cons1 quote
Every positive value has its price in negative terms... The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima. — Pablo Picasso · 1964Purpose of art1 quote
Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy. — Pablo Picasso · 1945Self-expression1 quote
The blue period was not a question of color. It was an inner necessity to paint like that. — Pablo Picasso · 1956Self-indulgence1 quote
Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. — Pablo Picasso · 1956Success1 quote
Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. — Pablo Picasso · 1956Time1 quote
The foundation of our faith is the belief that God created the Universe from nothing; that time did not exist previously, but was created. — Maimonides · 1190Yin and yang1 quote
Every positive value has its price in negative terms... The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima. — Pablo Picasso · 1964