In the late 1990s I was at exhibition of works of art fromthe collection of the museum of Capodimonte, Naples, in Bonn. When I was studying the pattern of the blouse worn by Mary Magdalene on a painting by Titian, a woman behind me burst out: "I would pay millions for this painting." At first I was a little bit disgusted because money is the last thing I would think of when confronted with art, but then I realised that money is probably the last remaining, objective measurement to relate to another person one's appreciation of whatever object, one is talking about.
All else has been corrupted and yet money is exactly the best means to corrupt people...
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