Neysa Mcmein Quotes

“When Cocoanuts was about to leave town, I took my landscape to an art dealer and offered it for sale. The dealer looked at the painting and said, “Why?” I held it up to the light and showed him how the original nude still came through, through all the layers of purple. “Well,” said the dealer, “it is sort of a novelty,” and he gave me five bucks.
When I left the gallery, I made a recount and realized that the canvas and frame alone were worth twenty-seven fifty. But what the hell, I’d sold a painting! From what Neysa had told me, it had taken a lot longer for Rembrandt, Cezanne or Van Gogh to make their first sale.”
― Harpo Marx