Why quantity leads to quality
Pablo Picasso is considered to be one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.
His distinctive ‘cubist’ style is instantly recognisable and his painting Les femmes d'Alger was sold for $179.4 million, making it the most expensive painting ever sold at the time.
It also took him many years to develop.
All in all, Picasso painted around 60,000 pieces during his lifetime.
Less than a hundred of these are considered to be masterpieces worthy of hanging on a museum wall.
That’s less than 1%.
Which means that 99% of the artwork produced was just him learning his craft.
Making mistakes, trying new things and evolving his style.
It’s a symptom of our society that we celebrate success but we are quick to bury failure.
However, one cannot happen without the other.
Like Picasso, the more ideas you have, the better they become.
Very rarely is your first idea the best.
You need quantity to end up with quality.
