The work of art always requires us to adapt to it–and in this manner can be distinguished from escapism or shallow entertainment, which instead aims to adapt to the audience, to give the public exactly what it wants. We can tell that we are encountering a real work of art by the degree to which it resists subjectivity. Ted Gioia
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Putting up a piece of art does not make it any less subjective. When we look at a piece of art we are often confronted with our own thoughts and feelings. The artist is not necessarily trying to force his or her point of view on us, but instead the idea of what he or she is trying to convey is something that has been heavily thought out and researched.

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