... thinking about it, I'll re-phrase those last two paragraphs:


But such arguments ignore subjectivity and the concept of ego doesn't have to descend into the concept of egotism. If we take one's ego to be merely that part of one's self that experiences and reacts to the outside world then we can conclude that our ego is our art. And this, quite simply, is the beauty of art. It is one's experiences and reactions to the human condition, expressed through its traditions.

And the quality of any art can be defined by a combination of the depth of the tradition, the level of the artist's respect for that tradition and the level of the artist's ability to communicate their experiences and reactions to the human condition.