Praise takes little effort to create, is risk free to distribute and rewards those who dispense it. Valuing praise at its cost of production, praise is worthless. Yet, most people love being praised and pay handsomely those who praise them, who often appear in the role of salespeople. Criticism takes thought, effort and is a thankless job; often received as umbrage. I feel those who criticize me love me and my criticism of others is given out of love. Maybe that's why I was never much of a salesman....

“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” -- Friedrich Nietzsche...

Fake artworks are real, but real artworks are often fake. Fake artworks are forgeries or facsimiles of real artworks. For most, the experience provided by a fake or real artwork is the same. As the prices of real artworks often more than 100x the price of fakes, the prices of real artworks are fake....