The Glorious Mess

Picasso is one of my idols. A great painter, a great artist, and an even greater person to quote. Mostly because he's brilliant and unique. He had great respect for everything around him. Here are a few quotes from the man who started the cubism movement!


1. “Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.”

2. “Everything you can imagine is real.”

3. “Action is the foundational key to all success.”

4. “Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again. And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and...

Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

My life is a simple thing that would interest no one. It is a known fact that I was born and that is all that is necessary.

Two things inspire me to awe -- the starry heavens above and the moral universe within.

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

When a blind beetle crawls over the surface of the...

1.Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

{i apply this to my life by always learning and also i learn much from quotes such as these}

2. Anyone who tries to pursue a goal, always has enemies

{this quote is very personal to me in the fact of never giving up on my goals no matter what...I have used it much of my short life}

3.Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

{what this says to me is "whats the point of dwelling on the...