“Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.”

“I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew that my IQ had been damaged.”

“Quick and easy dissemination of content is great, but it creates an issue: sustained attention on a single work is hard to come by, therefore causing a de-emphasis on authorship. This is problematic, at best, for a traditional artistic practice.”