To some of its participants, collecting contemporary art showed how finance had become much more of a creative process than it was the world of the older financiers. Morgan or Mellon collected largely old masters from the cinquecento, whose reputation was clearly and solidly established.
对某些参与者来说，与老一辈金融家相比，收藏当代艺术品展示了融资是如何成为更具有创造性的过程。摩根士丹利或梅隆主要收集的是16世纪意大利享有盛名的艺术大师的作品。