#real

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#abstract art #always #art #must #reality

What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#become #begin #boy #child #childhood

In the history of America, we've never had an energy plan. We don't even realize the resources we have available to us. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#available #energy #energy plan #even #had

I'm a different person off the court than I am on the court, where I'm very competitive, a perfectionist, and I can be hard on myself sometimes. Off the court, nothing really bothers me. I'm easy-going. ↗

— Mary Pierce

#bothers #competitive #court #different #different person

It was so draining. Going to parties to rub elbows with so-and-so and act like it's no big deal, when really all I was doing was hoping I'd have the success they had. ↗

— Katy Perry

#big #big deal #deal #doing #draining

When I decide to become a mother I will just be that. That will be really important to me. ↗

— Katy Perry

#decide #i #important #just #just be

When I first started out, I was really attracted to having my own sense of style because I started swing dancing, lindy hop, and jitterbug. ↗

— Katy Perry

#because #dancing #first #having #hop

There are two ways to go when you hit that crossroads in your life: There is the bad way, when you sort of give up, and then there is the really hard way, when you fight back. I went the hard way and came out of it okay. Now, I'm sitting here and doing great. ↗

— Matthew Perry

#bad #came #crossroads #doing #fight

I used to be a real prince charming if I went on a date with a girl. But then I'd get to where I was likely to have a stroke from the stress of keeping up my act. I've since learned the key to a good date is to pay attention on her. ↗

— Matthew Perry

#act #attention #charming #date #get

Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be - like the reality of yesterday - an illusion tomorrow. ↗

— Luigi Pirandello

#going #illusion #like #real #reality