Art quote? Basically stating that art requires an audience?

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Art quote? Basically stating that art requires an audience?

Answer 1

Art forms of the past were really considered elitist. Bach did not compose for the masses, neither did Beethoven. It was always for patrons, aristocrats, and royalty. Now we have a sort of democratic version of that, which is to say that the audience is so splintered in its interests.

- David Cronenberg

The idea of a mass audience was really an invention of the Industrial Revolution.

- David Cronenberg