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Most Important Artist of the 20th century: Andy Warhol
Most Influential Artist of the 20th century: Andy Warhol
Richest Artist of the 20th Century: Andy Warhol
Art is not something you even have to buy, but right-minded people from my perspective find it right to value and reward greatness around them. What is broken then is not the industry, but the consumer.
The argument that art and money have to be separate, or cannot co-exist, or corrupt each other is total rubbish. Greatness finds its reward and to wish that was not the case is misanthropic.
The greatness of others should make us happy - it is an accessible insight into being human that opens our minds, ambitions, and hopes. It is a terrible thing then to try and turn this on its head and declare the insignificant and mediocre more important and "real" just because it aligns more closely with ones own insignificant and mediocre ambitions.
I mean - what's really at the heart of all these pro-piracy discussions? No matter the flavor? It breaks down to this:
1) Other people make too much money / other people should not make too much money
2) My entertainment is too expensive
fuuck
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