“Real painters, real painting, those are very rare. There are masses of educated people, and they’ll tell you that they’re all for poetry, philosophy, or painting, but they don’t know them, don’t do them, don’t really care about them, sacrifice nothing for them, and really can’t spare them the time of day – can’t read, can’t see, and can’t hear. Their real interests are commercial, professional, political, sexual, financial.”
Saul Bellow, “What Kind of Day Did You Have” from Him with His Foot in His Mouth and other Stories
Pocket Books, Simon and Schuster Inc. New York.1985. p 157
