For art connoisseur only...
An infamous French thief, wanted for years in Europe, almost got away with stealing several paintings from the Louvre. After planning the crime and getting in and out past security, he was captured only two blocks away when his minivan ran out of gas.
When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make such an obvious error, he replied, "Monsieur, I had no Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh."
(And you thought I lacked De Gaulle to post a story like this.)
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