A story is told of someone told movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn that George Bernard Shaw's plays would make good movies, and he was trying to get the rights without paying too much.
“Think of the millions who would otherwise never see your plays. Think of the contribution to art,” Goldwyn said.
Shaw replied, speaking for creative people throughout history dealing with their financial backers: “The trouble is, Mr. Goldwyn, that you think of nothing but art, and I think of nothing but money.”
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