Picasso and Dali

Although Dali was not a big fan of Picasso's work, which is evident in his writing, they were friends. Most people don't know this. At one point Dali's wife Gala was visiting Picasso, and she knew that Picasso had quite a big ego about his work, and especially giving it away. Picasso said to Gala, "you can have any painting you want, here in the studio". Gala being very shrewd and knowing of Picasso's ego, she chose one of the very small paintings, knowing that if she picked one of the big ones it would piss Picasso off.

In the future, when Dali was moving to America, he was short of money at one point. He needed to borrow a few hundred dollars. And who did he go to, he went to Picasso. And Picasso lent him the money to move to America. Because Dali knew that he would be taking a ship to America, he produced a body of very small work, so he could travel with the pieces.