Picasso
I once heard a story about Picasso. He was having coffee with an American and the American told him that he didn’t like his (Picasso’s) art because it was unrealistic. “ No one has two noses and three eyes,” he said.Picasso asked the American if he had a photo of his girlfriend with him and asked to see it. The American took a wallet sized photo out of his wallet and handed it to Picasso. Picasso looked at the photo with a puzzled look on his face and then asked the American, “Is she really this small?”
posted by The Guy Who Writes This at 5:42 AM
8 Comments:
I don't know why this made my day, but it did. Thank you for the post. :)
Wow!
Is that a true story?
I love the quietly brilliant type. And quiet humor catches me in the funny bone; yet another famous person I wish I'd gotten the chance to meet.
True story or not, I'd say Picasso made his point. Art is subjective. Nice story, Guy!
I assume it's true. I heard it in an old Alan Watts lecture on the radio back in the 80s. Watts made everything believable.
I'm with Pablo. Some people just have no imagination.
LOL, if Alan Watts said it, it must be true...even though had he answered "yes, she is that small"...the response may have even been better
I'll have to do a post about Watts one of these days. He was a lot of fun.
Mom O 3, Picasso was a very creative person, but I understand he was a real asshole to be around.
Jaggy, thanks for checking in and I'm glad it made your day. I have another great story about how we look at things I'll share in the near future. It's the chicken and egg thing, and I wrote about it before but it should be revisited cuz it's fun.
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