When I was a child, my mother said to me, if you are a soldier, you'll become a general.

If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.

Instead, I was a painter and became Picasso.

I'm going to show you how great I am.

This was an exciting fella.

I just want to say from the bottom of me heart, I'd like to take this chance to apologize to absolutely nobody.

Hello and welcome to How to Take Over the World. This is Ben Wilson. Today we are talking about Pablo Picasso,

the world famous artist. There are a lot of reasons to study Picasso, even if you are not an

artist and don't aspire to be one. One is the way he branded himself. All I have to do is say Picasso,

and a number of associations come to your mind. Greatness, inventiveness, controversy. His name is

synonymous with 20th century

art and with greatness. And you saw from that quote, all he had to say was, I am Picasso, and you know

what that means. One of Picasso's biographers, Patrick O'Brien, wrote that Picasso was, quote,

the most famous, the most controversial, in many ways, the most influential, and undoubtedly the richest

artist of his age. He was a draftsman of genius, and there is probably no single artist except

Giotto or Michelangelo who can justly compare with him in being responsible for so radically

altering the course of art in his time. It's also a story, to me, about innovation and creativity

and how to push boundaries.

So if you're someone who wants to be creative, who wants to be innovative, or someone who wants to make a name for yourself, then this is a story for you.

My sources for this episode are Picasso, a biography by Patrick O'Brien, and the mini biography of Picasso by Gertrude Stein.

So with all that said, let's get into it. This is Picasso.

First, I want to take a minute to tell you about just ingredients. If you're someone who wants to

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