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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

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It takes a very long time to become young.

For a long time I limited myself to one color — as a form of discipline.

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Even the signature of Kodra is a work of art.

When Matisse died, he left me his Odalisques 'as a legacy', he proclaimed.

after the death of Matisse (1954)

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