“When I was a child my mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.”

— Pablo Picasso · Life quote

When I was a child my mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso. — Pablo Picasso quote card
Artist · 1881 – 1973

Pablo Picasso was a Spanish artist who co-founded Cubism and reinvented his style across a career of nearly eighty years. Works such as Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and Guernica made him the most famous and influential artist of the 20th century.

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