You cannot create a piece of art merely for money. Doing it as part of commerce so denudes art of wonder that it ceases to be art.

Seth Godin
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Rich people can’t create art just for money. Doing it as part of commerce so denudes art of wonder that it ceases to be art. Author, artist and philanthropist, Henry James, said that creating art for money “so denudes” the art.

Source: Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

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