"Being able to paint copies of a Picasso does not make you a great artist." That is true. I don't think the Samwers (or anyone for that matter) think of thems

"Being able to paint copies of a Picasso does not make you a great artist." That is true. I don't think the Samwers (or anyone for that matter) think of themselves as visionaries with great ideas. They are businessmen who know how to a run a business. I think many would say that the Samwers do not operate in the artistic community at all. They run businesses and a business is not a piece of art. Are the ideas copied? Yes. Does it lack class? Perhaps. Are the ideas well executed. Absolutely. If it was so easy that it didn't deserve any respect at all then everyone would do it. The Samwers are good at what they do and it deserves respect even if part of what they do is copying existing ideas.