Miao Angwen mumbled defiantly.
"Only 0.1% of people can become professional painters in this industry. The remaining 99.9% are destined to remain isolated from the word artist."
Mrs. Sakai shook her head, "It doesn't make sense to talk about how bad it is. If you're not outstanding, it's all empty talk. Titian was already famous in Florence at nineteen. Masaccio could paint for the Pope at twenty-one. Andrea painted the dome mural for the Venice Cathedral at seventeen... I can give you many such examples."
"That was the Renaissance five or six hundred years ago, it's different. Back then, painters became famous early on."
Miao Angwen spoke awkwardly.
"Even among your classmates, there are those who are far superior to you. In the recent Great Golden Pagoda restoration project, even Mr. Cao Xuan praised one of your peers highly."
Mrs. Sakai shook her head again, uninterested in highlighting Gu Weijing. She just mentioned it casually.
