On 9/07/2016 9:07 PM, clipka wrote:
> Am 09.07.2016 um 08:28 schrieb Paul Fuller:
>> On 20/06/2016 6:33 PM, Tim Cook wrote:
>>> So I've made and published a colouring book.  I get a few bucks more out
>>> of it being bought from Createspace, but Amazon has the whole customer
>>> rating/review dealio.  (This post technically probably counts
>>> as spam, come to think of it.)
>>>
>>> https://www.amazon.com/Mermaids-coloring-book-Timothy-Cook/dp/1533468958/
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tim Cook
>>> http://empyrean.sjcook.com
>>
>> Seen on Amazon.com:
>>
>> Paperback
>> $14.95
>> 1 Used from $14.99 7 New from $13.29
>>
>> Now who would buy a used colouring book?  For more than the new price.
>> Well unless it had been coloured in and signed by Van Gough or another
>> famous artist.
>
> Reminds me of an anecdote I heard about Pablo Picasso: When he once he
> noticed he didn't have enough money with him to pay for a coffee, the
> waiter proposed that Picasso should draw some sketch and pay with that
> instead. The artist agreed, drew some sketch on a napkin (or whatever
> was at hand), and handed it over -- unsigned. When the waiter asked
> Picasso to sign his work, the artist replied: "Garcon, I intend to pay
> for a coffee, not buy the entire shop."
>

I had not heard that anecdote.  It seems like Picasso knew what he was 
doing.

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