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For a lot of people, Justin Bieber is a great musician. Popularity is not a trustworthy indicator of artistic merit.


Popularity is not a trustworthy indicator of artistic merit.

How else would you define it?


Artistic quality is one of those things that defy definition. It may be that it's aesthetically pleasing, or it may be that its design communicate some other inner quality or a completely different idea. It may be that the inner quality, in itself, has some aesthetic quality, much like a beautiful mathematical proof.




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