But somewhere along the line we'd convinced ourselves that acts of imagination only had value if strangers would pay for them, or it they won fancy prizes, or if critics decided they had merit, notions that had proved a boon to the Myth of the Suffering Artist. Because now, in addition to the anguish that arises from trafficking in unbearable feelings, artists had to worry about these vile forms of regard.
--Steve Almond, Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life
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