The work of art always requires us to adapt to it—and....

“ The work of art always requires us to adapt to it—and in this manner can be distinguished from escapism or shallow entertainment, which instead aims to adapt to the audience, to give the public exactly what it wants. We can tell that we are encountering a real work of art by the degree to which it resists subjectivity. ”

Ted Gioia

From : How to Listen to Jazz