Si se sabe exactamente lo que se va a hacer, ?para que hacerlo?.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Picasso suggests that if a process is fully known beforehand, the act becomes redundant. Uncertainty drives the value of action.
- In plain terms
- If you know exactly what will happen why bother doing it?
- What can you take from it?
- Embrace uncertainty to make actions meaningful and necessary.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Do you enjoy tasks where the outcome is unknown?
- How much do you need to know before starting?
Another view
Planning often helps prevent failure in critical tasks.
More from Pablo Picasso
Mi madre un dia me dijo: 'Si te haces soldado, seras General; si te haces monje, terminaras como el Papa.' En cambio, me hice pintor y ahora soy Picasso.
Permalink to quote #16 Si hubiera una sola verdad, no se podrian hacer cien lienzos sobre un mismo tema.
Permalink to quote #18 Me gusta vivir pobre... pero con mucho dinero.
Permalink to quote #15
Related quotes
Art is the human disposition of sensible or intelligible matter for an aesthetic end.
James JoyceJames Joyce quote #7 The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.
Neil GaimanNeil Gaiman quote #11 I sat, just watching the moon creep up, and hearing the thin, dry rustle of the leaves along the holly hedge. And there came to me this thought: What is this U…
John GalsworthyJohn Galsworthy quote #34