Unfortunately, this is likely just a modified version of a (almost certainly also fictional) anecdote about Picasso. I've heard this one from several different

Unfortunately, this is likely just a modified version of a (almost certainly also fictional) anecdote about Picasso. I've heard this one from several different places: A woman walks up to Picasso, later in life, as he sits at a cafe table. "Could you draw me a sketch?" she asks, thinking she'll make a quick buck. "I can pay you for it." Picasso shrugs, says "sure", and quickly scratches out a little something on a napkin. "That'll be $10,000," he says. "$10,000! But it only took you a few seconds!" "Just the drawing of it took a few seconds," Picasso replies. "Learning how took my entire life."