It's absolutely a question worth asking. You identified two senses of the word "good": financial gain and the approval of others. But that's not what we mean wh

It's absolutely a question worth asking. You identified two senses of the word "good": financial gain and the approval of others. But that's not what we mean when we say that a work of art is good. There is an intrinsic difference between a student film and a Kubrick film, or between a pulpy romance novel and Dostoevsky. It's hard to define, but it has something to do with mastery of the medium, unique vision, technical innovation, and insight into the human condition.