Es gibt den Maler, der aus der Sonne einen gelben Fleck macht, aber es gibt auch den, der mit Überlegung und Handwerk aus dem gelben Fleck eine Sonne macht.
Immer muss man versuchen einen anderen nachzuahmen. Aber es stellt sich dann heraus, dass man es gar nicht kann. Man möchte es wohl tun. Man versucht es. Aber es geht immer schief. Und in diesem Augenblick, wo man es verpatzt, da gerade ist man man selbst.
My mother said to me: "If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk, you'll end up as a pope." I became a painter, and wound up as Picasso.
Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again. And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France. When will we also teach them what they are? We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you. Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers, the way you move. You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up, can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel? You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.
