I never really understood Picasso until I went to the Picasso Museum. I personally (as a non art expert) can't see how the individual paintings are the greatest

I never really understood Picasso until I went to the Picasso Museum. I personally (as a non art expert) can't see how the individual paintings are the greatest when considered in isolation, what makes them great is his evolution, and the time in which he created them, and how he effected other painters. Yes, if you just dumped a random pile of his paintings out now, I don't think they would be great (or at least, I wouldn't be able to understand why they were great myself).