Lee explained to her that art for art’s sake is an upper-class aesthetic. To create art divorced from any purpose, you can’t be living a life driven by need and desire.

Nell Zink
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Lee explained to her that art for art’s sake is an upper-class aesthetic. To create art divorced from any purpose, you can’t be living a life driven by need and desire. I’m not sure why it matters that the artist is driven by need and desire, but it doesn’t sound like something I would want to do anyway.

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