Word: coercian
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...great artist pointed out to us. We love Routine. We want to see a Tadema or a Millais, but always expect to have it pointed out to us, and the result of this vicious practice has crept into every branch of art. The public exercises an irresistable coercian over the artist. The true artist is kept in misery by this tyrany. He is compelled to perpetuate that peculiarity by which he was first brought into notoriety despite his tastes. Poverty is no friend to art. Hard times have exercised a profound influence on English and Continental art. All must...
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