Is it any wonder that the artistic scene is curiously conformist? "Wiens brood men eet diens woord men spreekt". Ah Dutch language has so many great sayings in

Is it any wonder that the artistic scene is curiously conformist? "Wiens brood men eet diens woord men spreekt". Ah Dutch language has so many great sayings involving money- like Eskimos and the snow. Artists are clowns hired by a small elite that has the disposable income to spend. Ofcourse we live in a society that idolises the arts for some reason but most people never go to ballet or buy a sculpture. In Europe the government has subsidized theatre productions for a hundred years and it hasn't made a dent.