I don't think that I'm over his influence but they probably don't look like Picassos; Picasso himself would probably have thrown up looking at my pictures.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Picasso's always been such a huge influence that I thought when I started the cartoon paintings that I was getting away from Picasso, and even my cartoons of Picasso were done almost to rid myself of his influence.
My first influence obviously was Picasso.
I didn't really start appreciating Picasso until a few years back. I didn't like him at all. But now I can see this world is crazy.
Donald Trump is a great friend, and he has four or five Picassos on his plane. And that's where I would look at them.
Picasso is still influencing me. Of course, I haven't got that kind of energy, or skill.
Picasso once remarked I do not care who it is that has or does influence me as long as it is not myself.
Picasso was hugely innovative, and, wow, did he have facility, amazing ability, but I don't think he painted a masterpiece.
Picasso said once when being interviewed that one should not be one's own connoisseur.
So many people are exploiting the name Picasso - and, in a way, even the estate is doing it.
I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor's office was full of portraits by Picasso.