I think he's saying the art justifies the means. Daisey created a piece of art. It is a really good piece of art and it had great success as art. He got into

I think he's saying the art justifies the means. Daisey created a piece of art. It is a really good piece of art and it had great success as art. He got into trouble when people started taking his art as fact and he decided to let it ride to see where it led. He may have ended up a 'bald-faced liar' but until he misled TAL he was just a really, really good artist.