"In MAA, someone considered a lesser master is a rarity. Those considered great innovators are in a class of their own. There are no lesser masters who paint like Mondrian, Pollock, or Rothko. Similar works bearing another signature are ranked as essentially worthless. Matisse and Picasso imitators are considered art school graduate hacks. Here again, aesthetic and monetary values are a matter of believing a work is a signed original by a selected painter. Ironically, this adds to the proliferation of forgery. The easier it is to imitate an important artist the more likely his work will be forged."
. MODERN ART A PORTRAIT OF MEDIOCRITY (Kindle Locations 1020-1025). Poly Ethylene. Kindle Edition. 
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