“He’ll never amount to a thing”

From the Buffalo AKG, a painting Picasso titled “La Toilette”. Here’s the entire painting:

Larger version here.

Of course, the title of this post comes from the famous (infamous?) exchange from the movie Titanic:

CAL: [scoffing as Rose’s paintings are unpacked] God, not those finger paintings again. They certainly were a waste of money.

ROSE: The difference between Cal’s taste in art and mine is that I have some. They’re fascinating. It’s like being inside a dream or something. There’s truth but no logic.

TRACY (a servant): What’s the artist’s name?

ROSE: Something Picasso.

CAL: [scoffs again]  Something Picasso? He won’t amount to a thing. He won’t, trust me! [to his manservant] At least they were cheap.

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