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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso, known as Pablo Picasso, (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaβlo piˈkaso]; 25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century. He is widely known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), and Guernica (1937), a portrayal of the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.

Picasso is commonly regarded, along with Henri Matisse and Marcel Duchamp, as one of the three artists who most defined the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of the 20th century, responsible for significant developments in painting, sculpture, printmaking and ceramics.

Picasso demonstrated extraordinary artistic talent in his early years, painting in a realistic manner through his childhood and adolescence; during the first decade of the 20th century his style changed as he experimented with different theories, techniques, and ideas. His revolutionary artistic accomplishments brought him universal renown and immense fortune, making him one of the best-known figures in 20th century art.

Quotes·Quotation by Pablo Picasso

Arts

¶ "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

This quote suggests that art plays a vital role in human life, serving as a kind of cleansing for the soul, helping us to keep our inner selves clear and vibrant amidst the complexities of everyday life.

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

¶ Give me a museum and I'll fill it.

¶ "Painting is just another way of keeping a diary."

This quote, often attributed to Pablo Picasso, suggests that painting can serve as a personal record of one’s thoughts, feelings, and experiences, much like a diary.

Images


Picasso in 1908

Works


La Vie (1903), Cleveland Museum of Art

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso

Robert M. Pirsig

Robert M. Pirsig

Quotes·Quotations by Robert M. Pirsig

Religion·Faith

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@ The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

Piper (Drive Angry)

Piper (Drive Angry)

Phyllis Diller (1917- )

Phyllis Diller (1917- )

Phyllis Diller (born Phyllis Ada Driver; July 17, 1917) is an American actress and comedian. She created a stage persona of a wild-haired, eccentrically dressed housewife who makes self-depricating jokes about her age and attractiveness (or supposed lack thereof), her terrible cooking, and about a husband named "Fang" while pretending to smoke from a long cigarette holder. Diller's signature is her unusual laugh.

Quotes·Quotation

Advice

¶ Never go to bed angry. Stay up and fight.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Diller

Phoebe Cates (1963- )

Phoebe Cates (1963- )

Phoebe Cates Kline (born Phoebe Belle Cates; July 16, 1963), better known as Phoebe Cates, is an American film actress, model, and entrepreneur. She is known for her roles in several teen films, most notably Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Gremlins.

Quotes·Quotations by Phoebe Cates

Celebrity

¶ I was only 17 when I did my nude scenes in Paradise (1982). They were serious and more difficult because they were not easily justified. But the topless scene in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) was funny, which made it easy.

¶ If the film, play or any project I`m involved in requires some sort of violence or nudity to advance the plot, scene or character in any way, then I would be considered unprofessional not to oblige. Of course, I want to make sure -- and I think I always have -- that the scenes are shot in good taste. I try to have some control; now that I know what I`m capable of including in a contract, I can continue that control. Nudity is not something I necessarily want to avoid and yet it`s not the most fun thing in the world to do. It`s part of the job as far as I`m concerned because you bare yourself emotionally and that`s just as terrifying as baring yourself physically. It`s all part of acting.

¶ In this business, if a girl wants a career, she has to be willing to strip. If you`ve got a good bod, then why not show it?

¶ Young people are more sophisticated today, thanks to magazines and movies and even porno cable television. As a New Yorker I think I`ve matured faster than other young people. I`m street smart.

Kid

¶ Kids today are much more independent than their parents were. We`re really into getting jobs and we mature sexually much earlier than a generation ago. Or, at least, we are involved in sex earlier.

Phoebe Cates as Sarah from Paradise (1982)

¶ I was only 17 when I did my nude scenes in Paradise (1982). They were serious and more difficult because they were not easily justified. But the topless scene in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) was funny, which made it easy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_Cates

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773)

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773)

Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield PC KG (22 September 1694 – 24 March 1773) was a British statesman and man of letters.

A Whig, Lord Stanhope, as he was known until his father's death in 1726, was born in London. After being educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he went on the Grand Tour of the continent. The death of Anne and the accession of George I opened up a career for him and brought him back to England. His relative James Stanhope, the king's favourite minister, procured for him the place of gentleman of the bedchamber to the Prince of Wales.

Quotes·Quotation by Lord Chesterfield

Advice

¶ Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.

Knowledge·Wisdom

¶ Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Chesterfield
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Stanhope,_4th_Earl_of_Chesterfield

Barack Obama (1961~ )

Barack Obama (1961~ )

Barack Hussein Obama II (i/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn ɵˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States, and the first African American to hold the office. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004, running unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives in 2000.[1]

Quotes·Quotations by Barack Obama

Father

¶ "They're our mentors and they're our role models. They set an example of success and they push us to succeed, encourage us when we're struggling, and they love us even when we disappoint them, and they stand by us when nobody else will." (2009 Father's day)

Life

¶ "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."

This quote emphasizes the importance of taking personal responsibility for creating change.

Money

¶ "Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference."

Police

¶ "Understand, our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. They've got a tough job to do to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law."

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama

Peter Finch (1916-1977)

Peter Finch (1916-1977)

Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 1916 – 14 January 1977) was a British-born Australian actor. He is best remembered for his role as "crazed" television anchorman Howard Beale in the film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and a Best Actor award from the Golden Globes. He was the first of two people to win a posthumous Academy Award in an acting category; the other was fellow Australian Heath Ledger.

Quotes·Quotation by Peter Finch

Peter Finch as Howard Beale from Network (1976)

¶ I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Finch

Peter Boyle (1935-2006)

Peter Boyle (1935-2006)

Peter Lawrence Boyle, Jr. (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an American actor, best known for his role as Frank Barone on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, and as a comical monster in Mel Brooks' film spoof Young Frankenstein (1974).

Boyle, who won an Emmy Award in 1996 for a guest-starring role on the science-fiction drama The X-Files, won praise in both comedic and dramatic parts following his breakthrough performance in the 1970 film Joe.

Quotes·Quotation by Peter Boyle

Peter Boyle as Wizard from Taxi Driver (1976)

¶ A man takes a job, you know, and that job becomes what he is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Boyle

Peter Drucker (1909-2005)

Peter Drucker (1909-2005)

Peter Ferdinand Drucker (November 19, 1909 – November 11, 2005) was an influential writer, management consultant, and self-described “social ecologist.”

Quotes·Quotation

Economics

¶ In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal would come from.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_F._Drucker

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