I don't think it's just audacity--there are people all over the world doing unique, audacious, amazing things every day, and an incredibly small percentage get

I don't think it's just audacity--there are people all over the world doing unique, audacious, amazing things every day, and an incredibly small percentage get much attention at all. The people getting lots of attention are, with few exceptions, either leveraging an influential personal network that was built up over a period of years, working very hard at marketing and promotion, and/or spending money to get that attention. As far as I can tell, this seems to be as true in the art world as it is in tech. "Yes, you could, but you didn't." should really be: "Yes, you could, but no one would pay any attention because you don't know the right people, and even if you did, you don't know how to frame a few colored squares on a giant canvas as artistically important."