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Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale
^ A lot of the greatest art ever made was most definately not profitable for the artist in their lifetime. There is more to art than profits. There is little more to professional sports than profits.
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Patronage is an entirely different thing than massive government subsidies to artists. We live in a world where high art is more available, and cheaper than ever before.
If you like opera, or Shakespeare, or the Philharmonic, GO SEE THEM, and convince your friends to go, too.