![Now the expectation is that, once the public decides that the artist is gentrified, the public demands that the artist stop growing. And [the public] actually puts all their energy into reasserting or re-establishing what the artist has long ago left behind. Because that's what they want. The source of creativity, the gift that's been given, be damned.](/assets/img/quote-photos/now-the-expectation-is-that-once-the-public-decides-that-the-artist-is-gentrifie.jpg)
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