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. – Pablo Picasso
When I work I relax; doing nothing or entertaining visitors makes me tired. – Pablo Picasso
Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun. – Pablo Picasso
Nevertheless, a maxim does not necessarily become a proverb. Many grubs never grow to butterflies; and a maxim is only a proverb in its caterpillar stage—a candidate for a wider sphere and longer flight than most are destined to attain. – “Proverbs Secular and Sacred,” The North British Review, February 1858