In Picasso on Art a section is dedicated to Picasso's views on those who imitated him and those that he imitated. My of his quotes show that he believed in the art of copying for himself as well as others.

"What does it mean," says Picasso, "for a painter to paint in the manner of So-and

-So or to actually imitate someone else? What's wrong with that? On the contrary,

it's a good idea. You should constantly try to paint like someone else. But the

thing is, you can't! You would like to. You try. But it turns out to be a botch...and

Some common words found in the essay are:
Picasso Art, It's It's, Copying Pity, Rotonde It's, Imitators Ha, Press Inc, Imitators Disciples, Word Count,
Approximate Word count = 488
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)