My view is that these people who do this try it because they can get away with it. Set him against a 6'4" burly truck driver with the same behavior and see how he behaves.

Very likely, he would crumble; I've seen that happen.

I've also seen attorneys who thought they were superior get themselves
flattened in a courtroom by verbal discipline that put them in their place but fast!

It's all in knowing the motivation of the person who is behaving that way.

Remember that arrogance is largely the result of ignorance. Discipline the arrogance by informing the abuser that you know that's what it is and you will likely see a calmer, more reasonable person the next time you have a conflict with him.

Either overthrow his reasoning or go over his head for relief. IMHO I believe it works.

Your identity is "Picasso's child". With that in mind, I assume that you are probably an artist. Remember that the artist is a very, very sensitive person, so arrogance thrown your way may be strong triggers for you. It would be for anyone, though, I think. Get calm inside first, then discipline. That's the way people learn civilized behavior, Picasso--training (which is discipline).

Genetic