My whole life has been nothing more than a continuous struggle against Reaction and the death of art.
Pablo PicassoRead
Everything exists in limited quantity - especially happiness.
Interpretation
Happiness is a scarce resource that needs to be appreciated and valued.
Pablo Picasso's quote reflects the idea that happiness, like many valuable things, is not limitless. It suggests that we must recognize the finite nature of our joy and cherish it while we can, as it can easily be overshadowed by life's challenges and complexities.
In practice
In a speech about mental health, one might say, 'As Pablo Picasso wisely noted, everything exists in limited quantity - especially happiness. Let us cherish our joyful moments.'
My whole life has been nothing more than a continuous struggle against Reaction and the death of art.
Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.
In drawing, nothing is better than the first attempt.
He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.
You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.
I paint the way someone bites his fingernails; for me, painting is a bad habit because I don't know nor can I do anything else.
the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you
Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings.
Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. It is a choice based on the knowledge that we belong to God and have found in God our refuge and our safety and that nothing, not even death, can take God away from us.
Thus the key to happiness lies not in changing our genetic makeup (which is impossible) and not in changing our circumstances (i.e., seeking wealth or attractiveness or better colleagues, which is usually impractical), but in our daily intentional activities.
To be kind, honest and have positive thoughts; to forgive those who harm us and treat everyone as a friend; to help those who are suffering and never to consider ourselves superior to anyone else: even if this advice seems rather simplistic, make the effort of seeing whether by following it you can find greater happiness.
Hope itself is a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords; but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain.
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