"I think that mistake is a symptom of the prizes-for-all narcissism that says ... every crude doodle is a work of art if the doodler really meant it." It is.

"I think that mistake is a symptom of the prizes-for-all narcissism that says ... every crude doodle is a work of art if the doodler really meant it." It is. Art is a process as well as a result. Whether the result is good art, mediocre art, or bad art is the real question here, and some art is undeniably terrible.