"The urge to destroy is also a creative urge."
— Pablo Picasso

January 1, 1970

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Attributed by Banksy on Instagram (October 6, 2018): "The urge to destroy is also a creative urge" - Picasso. This was actually written by anarchist philosopher Mikhail Bakunin in his essay "Reaction in Germany," in 1842.