At this very moment an artist is going mad. He is slowly being crushed inside the encroaching walls of authenticity, originality, and marketability, beset by a triangular claustrophobia. Marketability though, is only the worry of the greedy and the starving, and so should be dispensed with as a dimension in the exploration of originality in art. The two remaining pressures upon the artist is authenticity, as in genuine and honest self-expression, and originality which can be defined for this purpose as “the creation of a piece of art which is self-contained and free of outside artistic influence.”
The Original Artist
This addresses I think every detail of my thoughts on the topic, while additionally having beautiful prose and distinct voice. I love this so much.