Look, I don't see why bad artists - I mean artists who are obviously incompetent... - why they should be presented hypocritically as good artists just because they're supposed to be advancing the frontiers of freedom of expression or......demonstrating that there should be no limit on subject matter.

Anthony Burgess
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Yoko Ono, the former wife of John Lennon, was speaking about how she feels that art should be judged on its merit rather than by the artists' personal lives. She also expressed her frustration at any sort of discrimination against unpopular artists because of their personal lives.

Source: Earthly Powers

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