Andy saw a painting in a magazine. The left half of the painting was off-white. The right half was white. The accompanying article went on at length extolling the "surreal esthetics and ambiguous motifs" of the painting. Andy thought, C'mon! It's an off-white rectangle next to a white rectangle! Andy rented a monkey from the Central Park Zoo. He gave the monkey eight cans of paint, six paintbrushes, and a canvas. In almost no time, the monkey made a monumental mess. Paint was everywhere, including on Andy, the monkey, and the canvas. Andy said, "Good job!" and gave the monkey a banana. Andy took the canvas to various galleries in the Chelsea art district. Several gallery owners made offers, the highest being $1,000. Andy showed that owner a snapshot of the "artist." Laughing, the owner said, "Make that 1,000 bananas. But tell your client there's more where this came from."
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