What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.
Source:Picasso and Company by Gyula Halász Brassaï (New York, Doubleday, 1966), Page 86; Picasso on Art: A Selection of Views (1972), Page 76
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