David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

almost as bad as not being accepted at
all.
The Salon was the most important art
show in the world. Everyone at the Café
Guerbois agreed on that. But the
acceptance by the Salon came with a
cost: it required creating the kind of art
that they did not find meaningful, and
they risked being lost in the clutter of
other artists’ work. Was it worth it?
Night after night, the Impressionists
argued over whether they should keep
knocking on the Salon door or strike out
on their own and stage a show just for
themselves. Did they want to be a Little
Fish in the Big Pond of the Salon or a
Big Fish in a Little Pond of their own
choosing?