[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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