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   Re: From 'Intellectuals' re Orwell   
   27 Mar 06 21:40:05   
   
   From: word_chemist@hotmail.com   
      
   "Ben Brumfield"  wrote in message   
   news:1143173053.039646.106540@t31g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...   
     It's also hard to look at the   
   > dreariest of modern art without realizing how dull are the fruits of a   
   > self-conscious pursuit of rule-breaking.   
      
   Exactly. I'm not a roaring traditionalist in the sense that rule breaking   
   must be wrong; I think you need to know the rules beforehand. What you have   
   in the art schools is organised, enforced ignorance. It's fucking Duchamp's   
   fault.   
      
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