Praise feels beside the point to artists mid-creation

Evidence

If artists in the middle of a creative effort find praise pleasing, they may also find it beside the point; and it is belittling to genius suddenly to find itself in the forefront of fashion. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 377

Categorization

• SEED: Could seed an essay on how public recognition distorts the private work of making.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 377
• XREF: connects to: Art’s felt experience is suppressed by learned critical discourse — Karl Ove Knausgaard, A Death in the Family, 1135; Astute taste in others excludes what creativity requires — Karl Ove Knausgaard, A Death in the Family, 1332; Creative work holds more life than its forms can contain — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 853

Broader Connections

• Creative work holds more life than its forms can contain #expands (0.78) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 853
• Art’s felt experience is suppressed by learned critical discourse #corroborates (0.60) — Karl Ove Knausgaard, A Death in the Family, 1135
• Astute taste in others excludes what creativity requires #expands (0.55) — Karl Ove Knausgaard, A Death in the Family, 1332