It's really a shame that the list has dwindled to these quotations without comment. It reminds me a little of Orwell's Animal Farm.
In another way, Whitman was right about the importance of audiences. The beholder does in fact create the artwork in experiencing it and it is a private 'dream'. WC ----- Original Message ---- From: joseph berg <[email protected]> To: aesthetics-l <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, May 13, 2011 2:18:19 AM Subject: Re: Can art exist without a consensus? - A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality. John Lennon On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 8:15 PM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote: > - To have great poets, there must be great audiences. > > Walt Whitman
