I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Everything you can imagine is real.

It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

I don’t believe in hope. Hope is a beggar. Hope walks through the fire, faith leaps over it.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” –

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent If no birds sang there except those that sang best.

Good, better, best. Never let it rest - until your good is better and your better is best.

Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can.

Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The jotting is simplicity itself--it is the occurring which is difficult.

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.

One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.