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True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist

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Pablo Picasso resisted school stubbornly and seemed completely unable to learn to read or write. To other students grew used to seeing him come late with his pet pigeon -- and with the paintbrush he always carried as if it were an extension of his own body.

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Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

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The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them

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The Paleolithic hunters who painted the unsurpassed animal murals on the ceiling of the cave at Altamira had only rudimentary tools. Art is older than production for use, and play older than work. Man was shaped less by what he had to do than by what he did in playful moments. It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities.

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To write simply is as difficult as to be good.

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Learning to draw is really a matter of learning to see -- to see correctly -- and that means a good deal more than merely looking with the eye.

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Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

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The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms, Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him.

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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

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