Re:Locksmith gets less tips and more price complaints for be...
by locopati on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @04:56AM
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Similar story with Picasso...
Some guy told Picasso he’d pay him to draw a picture on a napkin. Picasso whipped out a pen and banged out a sketch, handed it to the guy, and said, “One million dollars, please.” “A million dollars?” the guy exclaimed. “That only took you thirty seconds!” “Yes,” said Picasso. “But it took me fifty years to learn how to draw that in thirty seconds.
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Re:Locksmith gets less tips and more price complaints for be...
by ilovecomputers on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @05:21AM
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And fifty years to build up the social acceptance that his work has much value.
Re:Locksmith gets less tips and more price complaints for be...
by ZoFreX on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @06:16AM
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Picasso was one of few artists to have their work be of value during their lifetime, wasn't he?
Re:Locksmith gets less tips and more price complaints for be...
by wisty on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @09:19AM
(#2008152)
He was the first (only?) artist to get an exhibition in the Louvre while he was still alive.
It didn't hurt that he lived for quite a while.
Dali was also quite popular in his lifetime, and possibly even less afraid of self-promotion.
Re:Locksmith gets less tips and more price complaints for be...
by ZoFreX on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @05:06PM
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How could I forget Dali, him of the famous chequebook!
Living quite a while seems to be as big a factor in gaining fame as an artist than anything else - this is also important to win a Nobel prize!