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Originally Posted by dickloraine
The "not for money" aspect is important in the discurse that leads to being recognized as an artist. We actually talk on two different layers here. Do we want to talk about aesthetics, what makes something a piece of art, or about how an author get recognized as literary? Of course one influences the other, but the latter is a social process.
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Do you think there's a difference between money-grubbing hacks who are later recognised as great artists (eg Shakespeare and Dickens) and authors who self-identify as "artists" rather than crass commercial hacks?