> Maybe there's artistic merit in how the thickened wodges of paint in each brush-stroke glisten as you move around the room; perhaps educational value in the p

> Maybe there's artistic merit in how the thickened wodges of paint in each brush-stroke glisten as you move around the room; perhaps educational value in the particular refractive indices of the paint in demonstrating how to paint that way. No, the reason you own a $140M original Picasso painting is so that you can hang it on your wall and show the world you own a one hundred and fourty million dollar painting. Something that most people could never dream of affording in one, ten, or even a hundred of their lifetimes.