To what do you attribute your success?
René Magritte: It is not thanks to the value of what I do that people buy me. It’s a question of luck. Great painters have not always been given their due. Talent does not imply automatic recognition.
To what do you attribute the success of famous painters?
René Magritte: Luck. As I already said in talking about my success. There is no mandatory recognition of what is valuable. Some very great painters are still neglected.
— (via Selected Writings)