I drew one face from three angles and gave every confusing person a museum excuse. by Pablo Picasso

Pablo, confusing people did not need your help. They already came assembled wrong.

Dali, I merely gave them angles. They brought the excuses.

A distorted face is honest when reality has been lying politely.

Frida, honesty is better when the clock is also melting.

People blamed my paintings because the mirror was too cowardly to confess.

That is the thread: three reputations, one mirror, no clean argument.