Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.

Although often attributed to Pablo Picasso, this saying reads like a modern motivational maxim rather than a remark grounded in Picasso’s documented interviews, letters, or statements on art. Taken on its own terms, it argues that achievement is not a matter of wish or talent alone: one needs an articulated plan (“vehicle”), genuine commitment to that plan (“fervently believe”), and sustained execution (“vigorously act”). The final sentence frames planning-plus-action as the sole dependable path to success, rejecting shortcuts or luck as primary explanations. As a piece of advice, it emphasizes disciplined intentionality—turning aspiration into a concrete sequence of steps and then following through.