When they tell me I'm too old to do something, I attempt it immediately. — Pablo Picasso. Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973) Age
When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. if you become a monk you'll end up as the pope.' Instead I became a painter and wound up as 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.