
1. “Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.”
2. “Action is the foundational key to all success.”
3. “Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.”
4. “Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.”
5. “Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.”
6. “Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.”
7. “The chief enemy of creativity is ‘good’ sense.”
8. “Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.”
9. “To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.”
10. “He can who thinks he can, and he can’t who thinks he can’t. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.”
11. “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”
12. “What one does is what counts. Not what one had the intention of doing.”
13. “I don’t believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents .”
14. “All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
15. “Every positive value has its price in negative terms… the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.”