“People make the mistake of supposing that genius is complicated. It is the opposite. We regular folks are complicated – tied in knots of ambivalence and befogged with uncertainties. Genius has the economy of a machine with a minimum of moving parts. Everything about Picasso came to bear when he drew a line.”

“People make the mistake of supposing that genius is complicated. It is the opposite. We regular folks are complicated – tied in knots of ambivalence and befogged with uncertainties. Genius has the economy of a machine with a minimum of moving parts. Everything about Picasso came to bear when he drew a line.”

— Peter Schjeldahl