hand-me-downs-et-cetera asked: this might be strange to ask, but i'm doing a project and would like to include some bukowski poetry in it if possible. can you think of any of his pieces in particular that speak to advertising or the role of art?

Answer:

I don’t think he would ever support use of art in advertising. He didn’t like advertising and making people with “newspaper brains, television souls”…

Here are some of his quotes about art “The difference between life and art is art is more bearable” “An intellectual is a man who says a simple thing in a difficult way; an artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way.” and this http://henrycharlesbukowski.tumblr.com/post/7453883421/the-public-has-this-big-soft-toad-concept-of-art

http://hellopoetry.com/poem/on-going-back-to-the-street-after-viewing-an-art-show/  

Maybe somebody else has something to add?

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