Picasso had such a difficult birth and was such a weak baby that when he was born, the midwife thought he was stillborn. She left him on a table to attend his mother. It was his uncle, Dr. Don Salvador, that saved him. "Doctors at that time used to smoke big cigars and my uncle was no exception. When he saw me lying there he blew smoke into my face. To this I immediately reacted with a grimace and a bellow of fury."
-Pablo Picasso