Once, when a GI was visiting Pablo Picasso during the liberation of France, he said that he could not understand the artistâs paintings: âWhy do you paint a person looking from the side and from the front at the same time?â Picasso asked, âDo you have a girlfriend?â âYes,â replied the soldier. âDo you have a picture of her?â The soldier pulled from his wallet a photograph of the girl. Picasso looked at it in mock astonishment and asked, âIs she so small?â