In chronological order, three quotes from writers of note which I’ve recently come across:

“The artist should never try to be popular. Rather the public should be more artistic.”
– Oscar Wilde

“Don’t give people what they want, give them what they need. What they want is for Sam and Diane to get together. Don’t give it to them.”
– Joss Whedon

“Creating something is not a democracy. The people have no say. The artist does. It doesn’t matter what the people witter on about; they and their response come after. They’re not there for the creation.”
– Russell T Davies

Is the underlying theme there, I wonder, the mandate from my betters I need to become even more of a puffed-up self-confident fool? Let’s hope not, or I’ll become even more unbearable.

Still, something to think about there, perhaps…