All I wanted, " Saina thought, "was to make someone feel something." Money can't do that. Just looking at a dollar bill did nothing to your emotions – you have to make money or lose money for it to make you feel anything. You can earn it, win it, lose it, save it, spend it, find it, but you can't sell it because you never really own it. On the other hand, you didn't have to possess a song or a sculpture for it to make you feel something – you only had to experience it. So why did collectors want to collect? What feeling were they pursuing? . Jade Chang
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All I wanted, said Saina, "was to make someone feel something." Money can't do that. Just looking at a dollar bill did nothing to your emotions - you have to make money or lose it for it to make you feel anything. You can earn it, win it, lose it, save it, spend it, find it, but you can't sell it because you never really own it. On the other hand, you didn't have to possess a song or a sculpture for it to make you feel something - you only had to experience it. So why did collectors want to collect? What feeling were they pursuing?

Source: The Wangs Vs. The World

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