āIf ONE MORE PERSON says āWhat if theyād medicated Van Gogh!?ā I think Iām permitted to set things on fire. If theyād medicated Van Gogh, heād either have painted twice as much, or heād have been happy and unproductive. And you know what? Starry Night wasnāt worth a terrible price in human misery. Itās neat. It wasnāt worth it. Sometimes I wonder if being an artist makes me jaded to ART. Because itās not magic and itās not mystical, itās just paint or pixels. And it can do amazing things! But you donāt owe humanity to be miserable just so you can move paint around in interesting shapes. Jesus. Art is not some kind of Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas bargain where you agree to be miserable so everybody can go āoh! Neat!ā for 5 minutes.ā
ā Ursula Vernon, dropping the mic.Ā [x] (via magdaliny)






















