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What does it mean?
True artistic drive persists regardless of tools or circumstances.
In plain terms
Artists create with whatever tools are available.
What can you take from it?
Resourcefulness matters more than perfect conditions.

Where it applies

  • creative blocks
  • limited resources
  • adversity

Putting it to work

  • use available tools
  • overcome limitations
  • keep creating

Questions to consider

  • What stops you from creating?
  • How do you adapt to constraints?

Another view

Some art forms genuinely require specific materials.

More from Pablo Picasso

  1. Yo no trabajo segun la Naturaleza, sino delante de ella, con ella. Un pintor debe observar la Naturaleza, pero jamas confundirla con la pintura.

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  2. All I ever made was made for the present and in the hope it will always remain in the present.

    Permalink to quote #26
  3. Yo no pinto las cosas como las veo, yo pinto como las pienso.

    Permalink to quote #23

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