Genius and Mediocrity

Posted on July 1, 2008 in Originality & Creativity

Romantics often tell the story of creators who went against their parents’ wishes and undertook the life of an artist. Greatness, we are told, often comes from this sort of adversity. What the art pundits do not speak about is the origin of mediocrity. It lies in enduring the attentions of superficially supportive parents who ridicule. This may be impossible to overcome.