"If I were to paint a wild horse, you may not see the horse...but you will surely see the wildness!" -- Picasso
Great art isn't about craftsmanship. Its certainly not about realism. The value of art lay in its ability to transcend rhetoric. The ability of the artist to distill a concept, for example "wildness", down to its very essence and to then communicate this to the audience in a way that touches the soul.