
"Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist."
Jose Ortega y Gasset
I read the above sentence today in a book. I thought it would make more sense if it had said: "Being a serious person means ceasing to take seriously that artist we are when we are not a serious person."
What do you think?
And is Modern Art ironic or sincere?

Other 'cones' provided by Cone Zeroists...so far:
http://weirdmonger.blog-city.com/cone_zero_search.htm
http://weirdmonger.blog-city.com/more_zeroing_in_on_cones_or_conesindisguise.htm
http://weirdmonger.blog-city.com/cones_from_a_cone_zeroist.htm
And a Clacton UFO:
http://weirdmonger.blog-city.com/clacton_ufo.htm
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This is also what Ortega y Gasset said in the middle of the 20th Century: