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• To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their sanctity.
  -- Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)...
• Praise is like gold - its value is derived from its scarcity.
• Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. -- Samuel Butle
• CONNOISSEUR -- a man who collects old masters and young mistresses.
• No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters.
  -- Edgar Dega...
• And here I stand; judge, my masters. -- William Shakespeare
• Buy old masters. They fetch a much better price than old mistresses. -- Lord Beaverbrook
• Buy old masters. They fetch a better price than old mistresses. LORD BEAVERBROOK
• The function of science is to reassure; the purpose of art is to upset.
  Therein lies the value of each....