In the libel suit he brought in 1878 against John Ruskin, the Victorian painter James McNeill Whistler was asked under cross-examination how he justified charging 200 guineas for a painting of a London firework display that took him two days to finish. “I ask it for the knowledge of a lifetime,” Whistler declared.
在1878年对约翰•拉斯金(John Ruskin)提起的诽谤诉讼中，维多利亚时代画家詹姆斯•麦克尼尔•惠斯勒(James McNeill Whistler)在接受交叉询问时被问道，他给一幅两天时间完成的伦敦烟花表演画作要价200几尼（英国旧时货币——译者注）的理由是什么。惠斯勒称：“我以一生的知识做此定价。”
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