| 1 | He quoted the example of Picasso. | |
| 2 | The painter modeled his style after that of Picasso. | |
| 3 | If ever anyone was born to be a painter, Picasso was. | |
| 4 | "He was very poor, and these canvases were expensive, " said John Richardson, the Picasso biographer. | |
| 5 | But that' s because, as Picasso says, action is the foundation. |