Steve MartinI believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot.
About This Quote
If an artist tries to make entertainment out of their art, they are clearly very confused. Art must be serious or else it is not art at all. Entertainment is the antithesis of art. However, if you're confused, you're half-way there to making art. There's still a whole lot of work to be done before you can even call yourself an artist.
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