"A man once interrupted Picasso at his evening meal. Pulling a napkin from his pocket, the man said,“Could you sketch something for me? I’ll pay you for it. Name your price.”
Here’s the rest of the story, told in Creating the Vital Organization:
'Picasso took a charcoal pencil from his pocket made a rapid sketch of a goat. It took only a few strokes, yet was unmistakably a Picasso. The man reached out for the napkin, but Picasso did not hand it over. “You owe me $100,000,” he said.
The man was outraged. “$100,000? Why? That took you no more than 30 seconds to draw!”
Picasso crumpled up the napkin and stuffed it into his jacket pocket. “You are wrong,” he said, dismissing the man. “It took me 40 years.”
The angry man’s mistake was missing the invisible."
https://fee.org/articles/picassos-napkin-and-the-myth-of-the-overnight-success/
Here’s the rest of the story, told in Creating the Vital Organization:
'Picasso took a charcoal pencil from his pocket made a rapid sketch of a goat. It took only a few strokes, yet was unmistakably a Picasso. The man reached out for the napkin, but Picasso did not hand it over. “You owe me $100,000,” he said.
The man was outraged. “$100,000? Why? That took you no more than 30 seconds to draw!”
Picasso crumpled up the napkin and stuffed it into his jacket pocket. “You are wrong,” he said, dismissing the man. “It took me 40 years.”
The angry man’s mistake was missing the invisible."
https://fee.org/articles/picassos-napkin-and-the-myth-of-the-overnight-success/