The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art’s audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.
It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated.. It is finished when it surrenders.
Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.
