Only as Picasso is an anarchist, after having knifed Bouguereau half to death, he was going to give the puntilla, and finish off modern art at one blow by outuglying, alone, in a single day, the ugly that all the others combined could turn out in several years.
Puntilla: The small dagger to administer the coup de grâce to the bull.
Salvador Dali
Telegram sent to Picasso:
Pablo, thanks! Your last ignominious paintings have killed modern art.This is just a part of the telegram
Salvador Dali