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“Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.“ -Pablo Picasso
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Creation and Destruction
January 14, 2010 By
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Can Obama Be Swift-Boated?
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Christian Pastor: Fixing Gay Is Like Squashing a Cockroach
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“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.” – Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
A stupid man’s report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.
Bertrand Russell
The progress of man is based on disbelief of the commonly accepted.
J. Frank Dobie
“What can you ever really know of other people’s souls – of their temptations, their opportunities, their struggles? One soul in the whole creation you do know: and it is the only one whose fate is placed in your hands”
C.S. Lewis
There is only one way to go once you reach bottom — up! Lending itself to creating ALL new based on the fact that there is only a “one way sign!”
Another thought is: only if we learn our lessons in life will we be able to go from destruction to creation!
My hero this Picasso. Saw his work at the MOMA, NYC in the 70s. I loved it so much I went 2x. All 3 floors of the MOMA where all filled with his works, the gardens (the famous goat sculpture: http://bit.ly/6r4cEV was there), his life was depicted in his paintings. One day I will scan the photo I have of him in one of my books, Goodbye Picasso, where he is in his briefs and a chartreuse towel hanging over his shoulder… color… master of color and lines… at the age of 90 and he looks sexy… it is his brilliance shining through, and that my friends is TIMELESS!
“What if you do fail and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice? Up again; you shall never be so afraid to tumble.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Celebrate the breaking of the chains.
Celebrate your freedom.
And share it joyfully with others.
Tell yourself, tell others, too,
that you are free to trust
and follow your own heart.”
Melody Beattie
Nice depiction of Picasso. I think I might print it and put it on my desk wall. Thank you.
My clothes, my jewelry are my toys. Love putting together outfits with perfect accessories but I leave a trail of destruction in the process of creating the perfect ensemble.