His art changed the way we see the world - now change the way you see the artist. An unflinching look at Picasso's legac | dHNfZjZYSnNaM2ZNUFk
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00:00 You can tell somebody's life through the pictures that they make.
00:03 It really is a diary.
00:05 His work.
00:07 It'll be around until the planet blows up or whatever.
00:10 Picasso had a strong gaze,
00:18 which is a southern Spanish idea,
00:21 that the eyes are where the soul is.
00:24 Every time he paints, emotional truth is always there.
00:28 Abhorrent at times or not.
00:30 That's what gives his work such incredible power.
00:33 There's always that sense of underlying violence.
00:40 And that violence, it's life.
00:42 The brutalization of women is part of the imagery.
00:48 It would be too easy to say that all those women were like victims.
00:55 Everyone knew that it was not an ordinary world they were entering.
01:00 Picasso is a man of contradictions.
01:03 He can be tender, he can be cruel.
01:22 You can't just say he's a monster or he's a genius.
01:26 He's just a man.
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