This topic is really a continuation of some/many of the latter posts on the following:
http://forum.portraitartist.com/show...=5622#post5622
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My mother said to me, "If you become a soldier you'll be a general; if you become a monk you'll end up as the pope." Instead I bacame a painter and wound up as Picasso.
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Pablo Picasso actually said this!
It sounds to me like his arrogance and/or determination (rather than pure talent) may have contributed to so much of his success.