Many Of The Contradictions In Postmodern Art Come From The Fact That We're Trying To Be Artists In A Democratic Society. This Is Because In A Democracy, The Ideal Is Compromise. In Art, It Isn't. - SearchQuotes

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Many of the contradictions in Postmodern art come from the fact that we're trying to be artists in a democratic society. This is because in a democracy, the ideal is compromise. In art, it isn't.

Brad Holland

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