As the saying goes, there are too many excellent calligraphers among the people in China, but there are very few people who can become famous and sell for a price. Many street performers can write beautiful and elegant characters, but these people can only perform in the streets, and famous calligraphers can sell a pair of characters at a high price. This is because real talent and hard work are only one aspect, and fame is very important. Only when you have fame first can people be willing to pay high prices for your works, so people who spend money buy your name more than your words.
There is no measure of the value of art. As long as the buyer likes your work, how much he pays is reasonable. In fact, many well-known artists were poor before their death, and some even sold their works on the street, but it was still difficult to make ends meet. This is because their works were not appreciated by people of that era, so naturally they were worthless. Just like Picasso, a famous painter, he was a genius in painting, but he was not famous when he was alive, and no one even bought some paintings. After his death, his abstract painting school was accepted by the world. Therefore, he can be said to be the originator of abstract painting school.
There is also Qi Baishi, a famous painter in China. When he was young, he was also a man who made a living by selling paintings. It was not until he was old that he became famous, so many of his previous paintings were sold at very low prices. Now, many of Qi Baishi's paintings have been lost. It can be said that a painting is hard to find, so his paintings have become something that the rich compete for. Many people are willing to spend millions on one of his paintings.
Therefore, art itself is priceless. No matter how good your work is, it must be recognized by the world before it can become something of value.