Daan van Golden

Art is not a contest

An emperor commissioned a group of Greek artists, and a group of Chinese artists to make a mural. There was a dividing partition so that neither could see the others' work of art before it was finished. When the Chinese had finished, their picture was unveiled. And a couple of weeks later the Greeks finished too, and the emperor could also see their work. They only had polished their wall so that it gently mirrored the Chinese painting.

Daan van Golden