Picasso drew this when he was 12

We all need to be humbled. So I present this masterwork done by a 12 year old kid 120 years ago:

Sudy of a Torso, After a Plaster Cast, 1893/1894
Sudy of a Torso, After a Plaster Cast, 1893/1894

Most people don’t know of this Picasso. They only know of this Picasso:

Picasso, Portrait of a Woman
Picasso, Portrait of a Woman

Unstudied ignoramuses write this off as bullshit art by someone who can’t draw. But in fact, you are seeing a master artist so good at drawing that he aches to escape his own skills, and create something new.

Both things, his skills and his artistic drive, are beyond me. Light-years beyond me!!

But never let the lowly and humble nature of your skills stop you from using them and expressing yourself. That’s a fatal mistake of character, and is also cowardly. Do your best, strive to improve, prostrate yourself before the true Masters in reverence.

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