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Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]
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Date: 
Thu, 6 Jan 2000 04:22:20 GMT
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Jasper Janssen wrote:

On Wed, 5 Jan 2000 14:35:57 GMT, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net>
wrote:

If an artist cannot afford to finance his own work, and cannot find a
patron willing to donate funds, perhaps that artist's work is not worthy
of further consideration. The market's never wrong.

Yes, Van Gogh was such a bad artist.

Van Gogh *was* bankrolled by his brother Theo.  It just took a little time
for the market to appreciate Vincent as well;-)

-John



Jasper



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  Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]
 
(...) And thank goodness he WASN'T state funded. Free money spoils people. If you don't want to suffer a bit for your art, you're not much of an artist, now are you? Note, that's a utilitarian argument against state funding... the art it produces is (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) Yes, Van Gogh was such a bad artist. Jasper (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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