Inspiration & Work

“Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.” [Pablo Picasso]

Photo: Edward Quinn. Picasso working on the ‘War and Peace study’ drawings on the wall of Chapelle de la Paix – Vallauris 1953

Picasso was nothing if not a hard worker. He created art works each & every day, well into old age. No doubt inspiration struck him from time to time, but he was always teed up to respond to it and concretise it. Other times he would simply produce whatever came to mind to see where it lead him. Like a football team grinding out a win, even when they are not playing particularly well or beautifully. So even when you’re not feeling especially inspired just working is the thing to do. It sets the optimum conditions for inspiration to happen and be turned into a creative result.