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cbayer

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22. Yes, but for every one of him, how many hundreds of struggling artists are out there?

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Bean-counters will never understand the transcendent value of art or religion [View all] cbayer May 2013 OP

What is lost on the bean counters okasha May 2013 #1

Agree. The author (and you) have put into words something that cbayer May 2013 #4

Who decides which art and which religion is bad? trotsky May 2013 #8

Oooh, a gotcha! rug May 2013 #15

It's impossible (ever) to be an artist okasha May 2013 #11

Great example of how perspectives can differ and cbayer May 2013 #13

The line between sexually explicit art and pornography okasha May 2013 #19

Violence is also a grey area, imo. cbayer May 2013 #20

"Never"? trotsky May 2013 #2

Why is it that when I complain about atheists making actual bigoted remarks, Fortinbras Armstrong May 2013 #5

Because you attack DUers personally. trotsky May 2013 #7

As I said, I complained about ACTUAL BIGOTED REMARKS Fortinbras Armstrong May 2013 #9

The hosts of this group decided your behavior was unacceptable. trotsky May 2013 #10

trotsky has got it right; the problem is that you insulted DUers muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #34

As Renew Deal pointed out to me Fortinbras Armstrong May 2013 #37

If you think someone has made a bigoted remark, then alert on it muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #39

Except that you had to skepticscott May 2013 #43

Because you skepticscott May 2013 #33

One thing about me is that I DO NOT LIE Fortinbras Armstrong May 2013 #38

You made up a quote and attributed it to Richard Dawkins. trotsky May 2013 #40

I take exception to your last sentence, to be honest, I find his behavior... Humanist_Activist May 2013 #42

You lied about what Dawkins said skepticscott May 2013 #41

liar Bradical79 May 2013 #44

Two blues? Jim__ May 2013 #3

Interesting that he named it that. cbayer May 2013 #6

Yes, it is. Jim__ May 2013 #12

Hmm. okasha May 2013 #17

I read a little about it and he does include very different blues in both orbs. cbayer May 2013 #18

Reminds me of a Star trek TNG episode LostOne4Ever May 2013 #14

I don't know about you, but when I see art that stirs me, I am not looking for anything. cbayer May 2013 #16

I have always viewed art as a form of expression and skill LostOne4Ever May 2013 #32

That was a rip-off of Orwell's '1984'; the torturer holds up 4 fingers, and asks muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #35

That's all right, Kapoor and his comtemporaries can finance their own art muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #21

Yes, but for every one of him, how many hundreds of struggling artists are out there? cbayer May 2013 #22

He can take care of a few; Hirst can look after a lot more muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #23

Do you believe that only artists okasha May 2013 #24

No, but I think the multi-millionaire ones forego the right to complain about funding muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #25

But Kapoor isn't complaining okasha May 2013 #29

It's in the context of Kapoor's exhibition in Berlin muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #36

I get art Warpy May 2013 #26

Or maybe you don't do religion because you don't get it? cbayer May 2013 #27

Probably, its the same reason I don't do football. Warpy May 2013 #28

I don't think anyone has said that some one who doesn't get religion can't get art. cbayer May 2013 #31

Reminds me of the tale of Parisian stockbroker Paul Gauguin. dimbear May 2013 #30

Yes, it is bread we fight for -- but we fight for roses, too! struggle4progress May 2013 #45

Is "bean-counters" a substitute for "materialists"? uriel1972 May 2013 #46

"Bean counter" in this context okasha May 2013 #48

It is somewhat ironic that an essay, claiming quantitative thinkers cannot understand art, struggle4progress May 2013 #47

As an artist edhopper May 2013 #49