And Paul Ryan has claimed that the art generated by N.E.A. grants is "generally enjoyed by people of higher income levels, making them a wealth transfer from poorer to wealthier citizens".
But murder, like all art, generates interpretation and resists explanation".
(According to the Art Dealers Association of America, a trade group, fine art generates between five billion and ten billion dollars a year, worldwide).
As well as people, being exposed to really good, challenging art generates happiness within me.
It's the kind of classroom where "the art generated is more expressive than literal," Ms. Randall said in an e-mail.
Not surprisingly, this flood of visual culture, social and personal history and sometime art generates its own connoisseurs and collectors, as well as heated bidding on eBay.
But you might also argue that a passionate devotion to a work of art generates a natural desire to know as much as possible about the circumstances that gave rise to it, and the Handel House is thus a valuable resource.
Persepolis falls a little short on this account, though it fares better than much of the art generated with a western audience in mind by members of the wealthy, educated Iranian diaspora.
But although we may never see eye to eye on legacy of Og or Massive-Rocks-Arranged-in-Mysterious-Circle, me believe this debate is valuable in itself; and me think we can all agree that when public work of art generate this sort of spirited dialogue, it can only be good thing.
