The default mode of modern writing about art is to despise any notion of singularity as so much overheated genius-fetishism.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If art is singular expression, then by nature, the best art is controversial. But when art stirs debate for reasons besides its artistic integrity, that's when things get bent.
I have a soft spot for art that, in terms of subject matter and material, is in bad taste.
Singularity shows something wrong in the mind.
The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly.
The more you think, the more you ruin things. Art has to come viscerally; otherwise, forget it.
All sensitive people agree that there is a peculiar emotion provoked by works of art.
What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life.
I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.
Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs.