Democracy is fatal for the arts; it leads only to chaos or the achievement of new and lower common denominators of quality.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Evidently the arts, all the visual arts, are becoming more democratic in the worst sense of the word.
One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.
But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.
Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.
Artists and art institutions have to learn how to play hardball. A democratic society needs a democratic art and we have a right to demand it.
Democracy is about non-arbitrary decisions. Democracy is about spreading decisions; it is not about destroying processes.
Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority.
All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.
Art is the triumph over chaos.
Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.