“It took me a lifetime.”

“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.”

“When I was a kid I drew like Michelangelo. It took me years to learn to draw like a kid.”

“Painting is stronger than me, it makes me do it's bidding.”

“Give me a museum and I'll fill it.”

“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.”

“When I was a child my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk, you'll be the pope.' Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.”