And-so help me God-I don't hesitate to admit it-I don't want to have anything to do with your Art, gentlemen, which I can't stand, just as much as I don't want to have anything to do with you...because I can't stand you, with your ideas, your artistic posturing, and all that artistic little world of yours.
Gentlemen, there are on this earth societies that are more or less ridiculous, more or less degrading, shameful or humiliating-and the amount of stupidity is also variable. So, for example, a guild of hairdressers may seem, at first sight, more prone to stupidity than a guild of cobblers. But what goes on in the world of art beats all for stupidity and degradation-and to such a degree that someone who has some sense of decency and balance can't help but lower his brow in burning shame when confronted with this childish and pretentious orgy.

(Witold Gombrowicz "Ferdydurke")