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Pablo Picasso

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.

Pablo Picasso

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Picasso's mother believed that whatever path he chose, he would reach the highest level in that field, whether in the military or religion. However, Picasso took a different route as an artist and achieved greatness on his own terms, becoming a world-famous painter.

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