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Does the Artist Ruin the Art?

There is a record you cannot play anymore. Or there is one you play anyway, and you have stopped explaining yourself about it.

This is the argument that restarts every few months with a new name attached and never gets anywhere, because the two sides are answering different questions. Ten statements, about two minutes, and one number that tells you which question you have been answering.

10 questions

Answered 0 of 10

  1. 1 What I know about the person who made something does not change how good it is.
  2. 2 I have stopped playing music I liked because of what the musician did.
  3. 3 What someone does away from their work is a separate matter from the work.
  4. 4 Once I learn what an artist did, it sits inside the work for me from then on.
  5. 5 I would rather keep enjoying something than be consistent about who made it.
  6. 6 A work belongs to the people it reaches more than to the person who made it.
  7. 7 I would hesitate to recommend a book to a friend if I knew the author had a bad record.
  8. 8 Refusing to watch a film mostly costs the hundreds of other people who made it.
  9. 9 I would rather my money not reach someone whose conduct I object to.
  10. 10 Awards and best-of lists should take an artist's conduct into account.