<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> Who said great art is rare? Joanna Carrol Cox wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid443ADB66.367D531B@ilstu.edu"> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">(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). </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Possibly the stupidest thing you ever wrote. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> 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 ___________________________________ <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>