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    5 days ago

    Nah, that story is about fame, the story about mastering a craft is usually similar to this:

    "A man takes his car to a mechanic, he explains that it makes a terrible rattle, and he can’t figure it out.

    The mechanic opens the bonnet, and tells the man to start the engine, the man does and the mechanic hears the rattle, and without a word, takes out a screwdriver, and quickly tightens a loose screw.

    The mechanic tells the man, that will be $250 please.

    The man tells the mechanic that he is not paying $250 to just have a screw tightened.

    The mechanic, agrees and shows the man a bill with a breakdown of costs:

    $249 - knowing which screw to tighten.
    $1 - physical labour

    The man pays."


    To me, looking at the art world, it seems like in most modern art, the art is secondary to how well the artist manages to talk about it.