Can someone explain to me why I’m right in thinking this..

Came across a quote from Picasso - “learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist”.<br><br><br>I don’t think I entirely agree. I think Picasso is right in that knowing the rules allows you to break them, however I don’t think it allows you to do so like an artist.<br><br><br>I think to be a real artist, you need to break the rules without knowing them in the first place.....<br><br><br>An artist that knows the rules and breaks them, in my opinion, isn’t truly breaking the rules. Picasso for example, and a lot of modern artists generally know that their rule-breaking is going to be considered artistic. There is an inbuilt expectation - an inbuilt rule that allows them to think outside the box and be considered artistic.<br><br><br>If you don’t know the rules, and have no awareness of them, no matter how hard you try you can’t break a rule you aren’t aware of. You are going to end up doing something outside of the box, and potentially artistic, without being aware that you’re doing so.<br><br><br>The problem is that Picasso wasn’t an artist because he broke the rules. He was an artist because the art world decided what he did was artistic, and that was because HE KNEW that he was breaking the rules. He knew exactly what he was doing.<br><br><br>If a random guy with no artistic training comes along tomorrow and does something that breaks tons of rules, and is as impactful as Picasso, but does so without any knowledge that he’s breaking rules, or any knowledge that he’s doing something artistic, that is a true artist in my eyes.<br><br><br>TL;DR - I can’t see how anyone who has been trained in any art can be a true artist. They will always be breaking the rules with the knowledge that they are doing so.