[lbo-talk] Professor Lisa at Tortilla Flats

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Mon Apr 10 15:25:42 PDT 2006



>
> > (6) The world is oversupplied to the nth degree with great art (not just
> > good but great, great meaning it can be equaled but not surpassed).
> >
> Possibly the stupidest thing you ever wrote.
>

On the contrary. I have been thinking about this for about 30 years, and of all the statements I've made on LBO this is almost the only one of which I am absolutely certain of its validity. The belief in the rarity of great art is one of the greatest handicaps a cultural theorist can carry.

Carrol



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