The work of art is a stuffed crocodile.

Alfred Jarry
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The work of art is a stuffed crocodile. The saying means the difficulty of creating something great. It is not easy to create something so amazing, so remarkable, so magnificent, so brilliant, so stunning, so captivating, so beautiful, to be able to bring it all together into this wonderful creation that makes us want to look at it or experience it. It is well-known that the greatest artists are those who work the hardest at their craft. They are the ones who do not give up until they have created something that they are proud of.

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