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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 143008, member: 56&quot;]Ruskin, the Victorian art critic, said words to the effect that people who equate price with quality are fair game for those who charge too much for their work.</p><p><br /></p><p>This kind of thing has been going for on as long as some people have been wealthier than others, which is to say forever.&nbsp; &quot;The Emperor&#039;s New Clothes&quot; was published in 1837 and mocks fashionistas.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand. a saying that came out of Germany in the &#039;30s was &quot;technique is cheap&quot;.&nbsp; You can teach technique and anyone who is not a moron can learn it, if they so desire.&nbsp; I&#039;m a sucker for technique, but I know there is more to art.</p><p><br /></p><p>Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis was known in the &#039;80s as Princess TNT.&nbsp; She and her husband, Prince Johannes (30 some-odd-years older), were quite a number.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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