By changing his style, Picasso showed his independence and originality as an artist. Picasso assumed that how figures look as they do in reality is not as important as how they feel. The event that ignited Picasso's blue period was the death of his best friend, Casagemas. Picasso had fallen into a deep depression as he says: "It was thinking about Casagemas that I began to paint in blue." Although this loss was a very difficult time for Picasso, it was the beginning of a new artistic inspiration for him. “For Picasso the Blue Period was also the moment in which he truly discovered his vocation for