Artists are the serfs of a leisure society.

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Artists are the serfs of a leisure society.
Artists are the serfs of a leisure society.
Artists are the serfs of a leisure society.
Artists are the serfs of a leisure society.
About This Quote

The first line of this quote from Henry Miller is a reminder that artists have been treated as second-class citizens throughout history, often being taxed for the privilege of creating. Of course, it’s not just artists who have been considered to be serfs. In the same way that serfs were forced to work hard for their masters, so have workers been used as a means of production – to create art – for the wealthy. Artists are still being treated as second-class citizens, and they should be paying a tax for their privilege of creating.

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