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by nemo1618 3724 days ago
One of the things I love about art is that it is almost defined by its resistance to definition. You say "art has to be beautiful," and art says "no, fuck you, a urinal can be art." You say "well, art at least has to mean something," and art says "no, fuck you, a big red square can be art."

Personally, I'm hoping to see a post-ironic return to traditional values of beauty, purely as a way of flipping the bird to a society that finally embraces the new paradigm.

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Art expresses something ineffable about the self of the artist. Or at least this works for me, so far.