"When I was a child, my mother said to…" — Pablo Picasso

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Cuando yo era niño, mi madre me dijo: "Si te conviertes en soldado, serás un general. Si te conviertes en monje, terminarás siendo el Papa." En cambio, me convertí en pintor y terminé siendo Picasso.

Pablo Picasso Spanish painter and sculptor

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