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I think the key thing is not the idea, but the doing or making. A lot like our industry - ideas are cheap - it's the execution, the making, which is important.

• burkaman 11y ago
  Is Twitter a stupid idea? Kind of, but if I had thought of it before anyone else I probably would have given it at least a little consideration. But you're right, I probably couldn't have made Twitter even if I wanted to. I could make something that kind of looks like Twitter, but there's no way I could have executed the way they did. When people say "I could have done that" in a modern art museum, they mean they literally could have done exactly that. I could paint a stripe on a canvas in exactly the same way as Barnett Newman did. That doesn't mean it isn't art, but asking "why didn't you do it?" is missing the point. I didn't do it because, as I just demonstrated, I don't understand why it was worth doing. "I could have done that" means "anyone could have done that, why didn't the museum just make their own instead of paying millions for it?" Usually someone familiar with the artist can explain that in the greater context of the art world, it was a statement on whatever, and often those explanations make sense and make the piece more meaningful. I just don't think it makes sense to ask why I didn't do something without first explaining why anyone would do it.
  • Nadya 11y ago
    Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_Fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_Fire Apparently it was displayed upside down. /shrugs. I don't personally think it matters how it was displayed. I don't think it is worth $200, let alone nearly $2mm.