So I was thinking that art should serve some purpose. I know, that's very unfashionable, but it's what I think nonetheless. I've never been very fashionable.

If it doesn't, that what right does an artist have to expect to earn a living.

You might say "Well, people wouldn't buy the art, if they didn't enjoy it." and that's true enough. So congratulations, you're in the same business as Avril Lavigne and Disney.

I'd like to think that there's a difference between entertainment and art. Between a work designed to make you have a good time and a work intended to somehow enhance your experience of humanity.

I'm not going to say that there is some kind of definite line here--I mean, a knife is good for stabbing people, but it's also good for spreading butter on toast. But we have different kinds of knives, some are sharp and pointy, and some are flat.

I think we need more of the stabbing kind of art. There's no use for a drawer full of butter knives.

-Trevor

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