If there is still one hellish, truly accursed thing in our time, it is our artistic dallying with forms, instead of being like victims burnt at the stake, signaling through the flames.

Antonin Artaud
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Georges Bataille, in his article “The Accursed Share” (1931), wrote: “If there is still one hellish, truly accursed thing in our time, it is our artistic dallying with forms, instead of being like victims burnt at the stake, signaling through the flames.” In this statement, Bataille expresses his distaste for the contemporary art world. Art should be a means to express the artist’s ideas, not a way to create a profitable career. Those who pursue art as a source of income are often more concerned with preserving their reputation than they are with creating works of art that communicate their ideas and beliefs.

Source: The Theater And Its Double

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