Is Art Still Important?

[Pike]

I struggled with the same thing for many years until I realized that I was writing not because I was trying to make a difference but because I was born with the inherent need to write. It's just what I do, and fighting that because of self-doubts wasn't going to change the fact that it's, well, just what I do.

Then I wrote a novel with this whole spiel as the moral, of course. Because that's also just what I do.

Edit: My own experience with the art world is that it's about 95% luck and perseverance, and 5% actual skill