This theory argues that artists are useful to society because they are so sensitive. They are supersensitive. They keel over like canaries in coal mines filled with poison gas, long before more robust types realize that any danger is there.


Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons (1974)


This theory argues that artists are useful to society because they are so sensitive. They are supersensitive. They keel over like canaries in coal...

This theory argues that artists are useful to society because they are so sensitive. They are supersensitive. They keel over like canaries in coal...

This theory argues that artists are useful to society because they are so sensitive. They are supersensitive. They keel over like canaries in coal...

This theory argues that artists are useful to society because they are so sensitive. They are supersensitive. They keel over like canaries in coal...