Take the following as truth: Early in his article--which he has called Escaping  The Great Master That Never Was--the author reminds us that there was a time when he devoted himself to Picasso studies, how the most trivial academic revelation once caused him to run off to a nearby bar to drink my very first vodka on the rocks.
Then the following statement: "The author has always been a critic of Picasso." is true, false, or inconclusive?